Classification of Software
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| Software | Consists of sequences of instructions called programs that can be understood and executed by hardware
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| Assembler | Translates assembly language program into machine code
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| Compiler | Translates high level language into object code
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| Interpreter | Analyses and executes a high level language program a line at a time
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| Bespoke software | Written for a customer’s specific need
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| General-purpose software | Software that can be used for many different tasks
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| Special-purpose software | Software designed to support one specific task
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| System software | Performs tasks needed to operate the hardware
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| Operating systems | Act as an interface between user and hardware
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| Library programs | A collection of compiled routines that other programs can use
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| Utility programs | Programs that perform a very specific task related to working with computers
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| Application Software | Allows users to perform non-computer tasks
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| Machine Code | Program code that the computer can execute directly
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| Assembly language | Same structure as machine code but uses mnemonics instead of numbers
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| Low-level languages | Languages where the instruction sets they use reflect the processor architecture
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| What are low-level languages also called? | Machine-oriented languages
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| What are high-level languages also called? | Problem-oriented languages
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| What is an imperative language? | A language where the instructions are executed in a programmer-defined sequence
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| What is a declarative language? | A language where you define what is to be computed rather than how the computation is done
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