Software Concept
Questions and Answers:
1) What is utility software?
®Utility software is software which performs day to day task related to the maintenance of computer system.
2) What is a program?
®Program is a set of instructions written in a computer language to perform a specified task.
3) What is a tailored program? Give examples.
®Tailored program is a specialized set of programs which performs a specific task for the specific individual or organization.
Its examples are:
1) SLC result processing software
2) Telephone bill processing software
4) What is packaged program? Give examples.
®Packaged program is a generalized set of programs, which performs specific task for varieties of users. Example: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access.
5) What is a computer?
®Computer is an electronic machine which automatically store and accept input data, process them and produce output results by interpreting and executing the programmed instructions.
6) What is e-government?
®E-government is the use of internet technology as a platform for exchanging information from the government to the general public and other sectors of government.
7) What is a source program?
®A program which is ready to be translate into machine language is called source program.
8) What is object program?
®A program which is obtained after converting into machine language is called object program.
9) Write the full form of:
®NITDC: National Information Technology Development Council
NITC: National Information technology Council
NITCC: National Information Technology Co-ordination Committee
GUI: Graphical User Interface
IT: Information Technology
ATM: Automated Teller Machine
CAE: Computer Aided Education
CBT: Computer Based Training
E-mail: Electronic mail
10) What is information policy?
®Information Policy is the set of all public laws, regulations and policies that encourage, discourage, or regulate the creation, use storage, access and communication and dissemination of information.
11)" Information Technology boots the economic condition of a country." Explain in your own words.
®IT boots the economic condition of a country. Due to the widespread of IT, the norms and values will develop which will develop the financial status of a country. The living status of people will grow and they will also become aware and untimely it will help to alleviate poverty.
12) Write the 3 objectives of IT policy of Nepal 2057.
®The 3 objectives of IT policy of Nepal 2057 are:
1) To build knowledge based society.
2) To establish knowledge based industry.
3) To make information technology accessible to general public and increase employment through this means.
13 )Differentiate between compiler and interpreter.
®The difference between compiler and interpreter are:
Interpreter
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Compiler
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It is used to
translate a program written in the high level language to the machine codes
each statement at a time.
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It is also used
to translate the program written in the high level language to the machine
codes whole program at a time.
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It displays each
error at a time, so debugging becomes easier.
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It displays all
errors at a time. So, debugging becomes complex.
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14) List any 3 harmful and beneficial effects of computers in society.
®The 3 harmful effects of computers in society are:
1) If a data stored in a computer is lost then the person responsible for handling the data has to tolerate a lot.
2) People don't use their mind for the common arithmetic which results to the lose of their numeric ability.
3) People who don't have the knowledge of computer are considered as a second class citizen.
The 3 beneficial effects of computers in society are:
1) An individual becomes more competent to take a decision because all the information required to take the decision is provide by the computer on time.
2) A person working in a managerial level becomes less dependent to the low level staffs like clerks and accountants.
3) Computer has created new fields of employment.
15) What is email? Write 3 advantages of it.
®Email is a service on the Internet, which allows an Internet user to send mail to another Internet user in any part of the world.
16) Explain the use of computer in education and communication.
®The use of computer in education and communication are:
Education:
Nowadays, mostly all schools, colleges and universities are giving more emphasis to the computer educating including in their curriculum. In these institutes in addition to live solely. Computer education, computers have become essential for teaching and other subjects as well.
Communication:
Email is a facility supported by computers to send message from one place to another. Email facilitates sending the message from one person to different person by the aid of computer and telephone line.
17) What is software?
®Software is a collection of programs which is used to control, manage and interpret the hardware components of the computer system to accomplish a specific task.
18) Give examples of utility software?
®The examples of utility software:
1) Antivirus
2) Disk- defragmenter
19) Write its advantages and disadvantages of machine language.
®The advantages of machine language are:
· The program written in a machine language does not need to be converted.
· A program developed using a machine language becomes extremely fast since no conversion is required.
Its disadvantages are:
· It is machine dependent which means programming codes written for one type of machine are not applicable too another type of machine.
· It is time consuming and tedious task to modify the program written in a machine language.
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21) What is programming? Differentiate between system programmer and application programmer.
® Programming is a technique to create a program including different steps in an organized way.
The difference between system programmer and application programmer are:-
System programmer
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Application programmer
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System programmers write programs to boot the computer, to control hardware components etc.
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Application programmers are used to design application programs to fulfil a specific task.
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Example: They design device drivers and boot programs.
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Example: They design inventory control system, mark sheet preparation program
and billing system.
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