Application and Programming Software

What is Application Software?​

Application is a software or program designed for users to perform a certain task.

  • It doesn’t manage hardware resources.
  • It sends the request to operating system for all hardware resources it needs.

What is Programming Software?

Programming software is used by programmers or IT engineers to develop, support and manage programs and applications.

  • Developers use these software to write the code for the application software and the operating system.

How software interacts with Hardware?

  • User or Developer interacts with application or programming software, these software communicates with the operating system (OS) to perform tasks.
  • The Operating System (OS) then translates these tasks into instructions that the hardware executes.