KNOWING YOUR SOFTWARE

Ever since the invention of the computer, there has been computer software to go with it. But what is 'Software'? Every electronic device has software. It is the programming embedded into the device, and it is the rules and steps the device always follows. Yes, every electronic device has software built into it. A GPS device has software that tells it to follow voice instructions; an electric guitar has software that recognizes when it is plugged into an audio device; electronic things have software that we can use to.....well, do basically anything with it.

The most commonly accepted use of the term 'software' is in reference to computer software, which is typically a set of instructions that defines what the computer is to do next. Software basically uses your computer resources in order to fulfill a specific task. They may be systems, or application(which are software we use to accomplish a certain task)like Photoshop or Microsoft Word. Software can be programmed to do anything your computer is capable of. For most software, there are a few minimum system requirements that have to be fulfilled. These requirements are necessary to be fulfilled because the new software will be utilizing the already present hardware and other supporting software to do its bits. Software are popular, basically because it is much easier to buy certain software you need rather than program one yourself from the ground up. Also, due to the emergence of numerous independent software developers, computer users are having a jolly good time choosing between ones with similar advantages.