Wednesday, March 12, 2014

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

is a set of written symbols that instructs the computer hardware to perform the specified task.


LOW LEVEL PROGRAMMING 


Uses machine language like assembly language

HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING

 Gave those whose instruction closely resemble Human Language and Mathematical Language 

 

FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE

               This requires minimal program acting and rely mostly on the design of the programmer. 




COMPUTER SOFTWARE

WHAT IS A COMPUTER SOFTWARE?

 

These are the non-physical components that make up a computer system.
The term "software" generally refers to all programs procedures and routines.






SYSTEM SOFTWARE 

 

This is a computer software designed to operate and control the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software. This is also responsible for supervising the activities of the CPU.Without an operating system (which is a system software), a computer will not be able to perform any task as defined by any software.

    







APPLICATION SOFTWARE

 

A program written by the computer programmer to obtain solutions to a variety of problems. This is designed to satisfy users specific needs.






TWO TYPES OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE

 

 Customized Software Created or developed according to specific requirements or specifications of a user to solve a particular problem.

  Package Software are ready made or are written program of common application that can be already used with minimal modification it needed.