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Software Task. My task is to specify different types of software for 3 different systems. Software comes on disks. You can't physically touch software. Software fits into two main categories. * Operating systems (o/s) * Applications (apps) The operating system is the first thing that is loaded when the computer is turned on. All programs have to talk to the o/s. All desktop computers need an operating system. The main things that the system software does is: * It manages the hardware and software resources of the computer system. These resources include things like CPU, memory, * It provides a suitable consistence way of applications to deal with hardware without having to know the details of the hardware. * To make it easier to run user programs * To improve the performance of the computer system * To provide assistance with program development * To simplify the use of the computer system for users other than computer specialists. Operating systems fit...

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