Information Technology refers to the combination of 5.

UTILITY SOFTWARE use to maintain the efficiency,

computer Hardware and Software products & services functionality, and capability of computer system
that people/users use to manage, access, Ex. Anti-virus
communicates and share information worldwide.

Computer is an electronic device that transform raw

data into useful information. It has the ability to accept,
store, modify/edit and process data.

Computer system is a set of interrelated components

that are designed to work together to accomplished
desired output ask/needed by a user/s.

Basic concepts of C.S. in terms of Info Processing Cycle

INPUTPROCESSOUTPUTCOMMUNICATE
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STORE CU & A/LU

*CU-control unit
*A/LU- arithmetic/logical unit

2 Major Components of C.S.:

1. Hardware the machine itself and its related devices
2. Software is a language of a computer. It is a sets of
programs that instruct/tells the hardware what to
do/perform.

5 Major Types of C.S.

1. SYSTEM SOFTWARE types of software that
runs/start your computer in a certain way, loads various
programs & connect to related devices, usually refer to
an OS.
Ex. MC DOS 1-6, Windows, 3.1, 95, 98 1st & 2nd ed., NT,
2000, XP, Vista, 7,8,10
Apple- Mac OS
Redhut- Linux
Solaris

2. APPLICATION SOFTWARE type of software use

mostly on daily basis. Designed to solve a particular
problem on perform specific task ask by users.
Ex. MS Office use for office tools ver. Office 97, Xp,
2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
Browser use to explore/access ex.IE, Chrome, Firefox,
Opera, Safari, Tor, Torch

3. PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE software use by a

programmer to create system & application program.
Ex. JAVA, Visual Basic, Visual Net, Php, Visual Fox Pro

4. GRAPHICS SOFTWARE software use to manipulate

visual images on a computer
Ex. Adobe photoshop, GIMP, Photoscape, Paint