Software is of two types namely system software and application software. They both differ in terms of their purpose and design. System software is meant to administer the system resources.

Application software developers may create custom software for a specific customer or commercial software to be sold to the general public. Some applications software developers create complex ...

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Some software, such as word processors, spreadsheets and desktop publishers are called general purpose software because it is possible to carry out lots of different tasks using that application.