Category Description Purpose Specific Examples

A group of programs It manages the computer Windows 10, Linux

System Software that controls how a hardware
computer functions

A computer program Enable the user to Adobe Reader,

or group of complete tasks, such as PowerPoint,
Application programs designed creating documents, Microsoft Excel,
Software for end users spreadsheets, databases Google Chrome,
and publications, doing Firefox, Microsoft
online research, sending Word
email, designing graphics,
running businesses, and
even playing games
A computer software Programmers can obtain LibreOffice, Python,
that allows the public access to the source code Perl, Apache,
Open Source access to the source and rearrange the code to MySQL
Software code to use for their fit whatever needs.
own use Used for training
purposes to students to
become better
programmers
Collection of binary Set of instructions N/A
Machine Language digits or bits that the executed directly by a
computer reads and computers CPU
interprets.
Low level Allows a programmer to N/A
Assembly Language programming use names instead of
Level language, it is not just numbers
a single language, but
rather a group of
languages
Programming Enables a programmer to Java, Python, Fortran,
High Level language with strong write programs that are Pascal
Language abstraction from the more or less independent
details of the of a particular type of
computer computer
Programming Processed by a complier Cobra, Fortran, C++
Compiled Language Language program which converts
them into machine
language instructions
Computer Program Stimulates a computer AppleScript, Perl,
Interpreted that understands a high- MATLAB
Language level language