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Difference Between Application Software and System Software

The document discusses the differences between system software and application software. System software administers system resources and serves as a platform for application software. Application software enables specific tasks for users and runs on the platform created by system software.

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Difference Between Application Software and System Software

The document discusses the differences between system software and application software. System software administers system resources and serves as a platform for application software. Application software enables specific tasks for users and runs on the platform created by system software.

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Difference between Application Software and System Software

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. It also
serves as a kind of platform for running the application software. On the other hand, application
software is meant to enable the user to carry out some specific set of tasks or functions.

What System Software?

System software provides an interface between the system hardware and the user. It lets the system
understand the command that the user inputs. We can also say that the system software serves as an
interface between the hardware in a system and application software. It is also called as general-
purpose software. The end user usually does not directly interact with the system software. The user
only gets to interact with the GUI that has been created by the system software.

What is Application Software?


We can define an application software as software written on a high-level language such as Java, C++,
.net and VB for instance. This software is meant to meet some specific needs of the user. Some of the
kinds of application software are designing software, a computing software, and an editing software.
There is a specific purpose behind every application software.

Application software runs on the platform created by the system software. We can say that
application software provides a kind of intermediary between the end user and the software installed
on a computer. Application software is not absolutely essential for running a system, but it makes the
system more useful. The MS Office you find on Windows-based systems is a typical example of
application software.

Examples and conclusion


System software and application software together make a system useful to the end user. A system
cannot run without system software. In other words, it is compulsory for making the system run.
Application software is essential to perform specific tasks. They help achieve versatile kinds of
functions on a system thus helping to customize a system for the specific requirements and situations
of the user.

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