What you need to know about ‘Software’s
Till very recently, machines were controlled in electro-mechanical ways. This situation was very restrictive in terms of changes sought after a machine is fabricated (consider the movement of a car engine piston, its regular motion is pre-determined).
“A software therefore provides the capability to manipulate a machine’s behavior one level above its electro-mechanical existence. In layman’s terms, a software makes a machine multipurpose and programmable.”
Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system.
The term includes:
> Application software such as word processors which perform productive tasks for users.
> Firmware which is software programmed resident to electrically programmable memory devices on board mainboards or other types of integrated hardware carriers.
> Middle-ware which controls and co-ordinates distributed systems.
> System software such as operating systems, which interface with hardware to provide the necessary services for application software.
A very crucial part of software development is software testing. Software testing is a domain independent of development and programming. It consists of various methods to test and declare a software product fit before it can be launched for use by either an individual, group or company. Many tests on functionality, speed, performance and appearance are conducted by modern testers with various tools such as QTP, Load runner, Black box testing etc. to edit a checklist of requirements against the developed code. ISTQB is a certification that is in demand for engineers who want to pursue a career in testing.
Test-ware which is an umbrella term or container term for all utilities and application software that serve in combination for testing a software package but not necessarily or may optionally contribute to operational purposes. As such, test-ware is not a standing configuration but merely a working environment for application software or subsets thereof.
Software includes web and mobile apps, websites, programs, video games, etc. that are coded by programming languages like C, C++, Java, Python, Php, etc.
‘’Software is sometimes used in a broader context to mean anything which is not hardware but which is used with hardware, such as film, tapes and records”
Currently the global demand for software's is on the rise as technology is taking its toll in our lives and existence. Its difficult to imagine the present world void of technology and its also difficult to imagine how the future is going to look like with the current push in administering software's to every part of our lives.
New fields of research and development are being opened daily in Io T, Big data, Machine learning, etc. and we’re sure in the next few years, technology will en-cycle the life of every human on earth.
