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Software
1:59Learn how the operating system and applications work together to make your computer run smoothly.
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Software is a collection of coder programs
that run on your computer.
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Software is considered soft because you
can change it all the time.
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You know those app updates you get?
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Well, that's a developer changing their
software.
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Other examples of software are Internet
browsers, operating systems, and
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even desktop applications like Word or
Pages.
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Most software falls into two major
categories, application software and
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system software.
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Application software is probably the most
familiar to you because you
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probably use applications all the time.
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When you fire up Word, Spotify, or
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your Internet browser you're firing up
application software.
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System software is a little different.
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It's designed to operate and control the
computer's hardware and
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provide a platform for running application
software.
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These include operating systems, utility
software, and device drivers.
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The languages that are used in system
software are usually more
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directly accessing the physical hardware
of the machine.
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As a general purpose user, you might take
system software for
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granted because it runs in the background.
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But this software is the foundation for
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all other software you'll run on your
computer.
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Within application software there's
special programs used to process code,
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called programming software.
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These are editors, debuggers, compilers,
and linkers used to translate and
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combine computer programs into
executables, which end up as binary.
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Some software products combine several of
these into one product, which is
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then called an integrated development
environment, or IDE for shorts.
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These programming tools can come in many
forms, but the tool you'll most commonly
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use here on Treehouse is a robust text
editor and terminal called Workspaces.
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So, how do you write software?
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I thought you'd never ask.
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You have to program it, of course
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