What is Software categories?
'''Software categories''' are groups of [[software]]. They allow software to be looked at in those categories, instead of looking at each package of software. There are different ways of putting software into categories which each look at the differences of the software in different ways. == Computer software == [[Computer software]] can be put into categories on how it is used, and what type it is. There are three main types: * [[Application software]] is the main type of computer program that does tasks. Application software may be multi purpose such as web browsers or word processors or it can have a specific purpose such as accounting software. * [[System software]] is a type of software used to help run the computer and it's other categories of software. * [[Programming tools|Computer programming tools]] like as [[Compiler|compilers]] and [[linkers]] are used to send [[source code]] to the [[RAM]] of the computer. [[Category:Software]]