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Software commonly refers to sets computer instructions that are packaged together to perform a specific task.

Software is what enables a computer to run, without it the computer would not have any instructions and would not be able to operate.

Software is usually divided into two main categories:

• Operating Systems - which provide the core instructions to allow a computer system to run. They also provide an interface for application software to run on top of them. For example Microsoft Windows is an operating system.
• Application Software - this is software runs on top of the operating system and is designed to perform a specific task. Tasks might include word processing or image manipulation or thousands of other uses. This category contains the major of software in use today.