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Understanding Computer Software

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Spyware is malware that is employed in a computer or mobile phone to keep track of all the activities that take place. The presence of spy software is typically hidden from the user and cannot be detected easily. It is used as means of protection to your personal computer and lets you know who is misusing your hospitality.Among the various computer software, spy software is among the few extremely essential types of software that are installed in a computer. One of them is the key logger that enables you to keep track of all keyboard activities that have taken place and secretly records your passwords and all the keystrokes that have been pressed in your absence. The CEOs can take full control of their computers while working and concerned parents can easily track their children’s activities. Internet café owners can keep see what their customers have been up to by using key loggers. Some of the well know software key loggers that are in use are Activity Logger, Boss Everyware, Spector Pro, HookDump, IamBigBrother, Invisible Key Logger Stealth, iOpus STARR, iSpyNOW,, KeyKeeper, KeyKey, KeyLog, KeySpy, Keystroke Reporter

Computer Software

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SOFTWAREThese are programs or written instructions that are installed into the computer to enable it function properly.There are three types of software, which include:1. System Software 2. Application software 3. Utility softwareSYSTEM SOFTWAREThis also involves the operating system which is one of the most important software in the computer. It helps to start up the computer, organizes all its files and controls it general behaviour.System software include operating systems, which includes:1. Windows 3.1 2. Windows 95 3. Windows 98 4. Windows 2000 5. Windows XP 6. Windows Server 7. Windows Unlimited 8. Windows Vista 9. Windows 7Others include: Linux, MS DOSAPPLICATION SOFTWAREThese are software that help us to perform various actions and accomplish different tasks in the computer.Application software are grouped into the following categories:1. Word-processing Packages: These are basically used for typing documents, they include: (a) Microsoft Word (b) Word Perfect (c) WordPad (d) Notepad and lots more2. Spread-sheet Packages: These are packages that contain spread sheets, and they are basically used for performing series of calculations, they include (a) Microsoft Excel (b) Lotus 1,2,3 and lots more3. Graphic Packages: These are packages that are used

Where Did Computer Software Come From?

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In 1935, English mathematician Alan Turing proposed the first known theory about software in his essay ‘Computable numbers with an application to the Entscheidungs problem (Decision problem)’. The actual ‘software’ term was first used and printed by statistician John W. Turkey in 1958. It was used in computer science and software engineering studies to refer the information processed by a computer system, computer programs and their data.The most popular historical trace of the first outputs of computer software is found in the first software bug found in computer systems in 1946. Later, in 1970, the term ‘Moore’s law’ was coined to explain the basic elements of a computing system, where the first element was computer software, which then joined the devices in computer hardware.Computer software was originally offered in conjunction with hardware by Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Popular OEMs of the time were Data General, Digital Equipment and IBM. Since computer hardware companies originally bundled their software, they were not able to claim the software as an asset. Data Gen then introduced Data General Nova, and the company Digidyne pursued Data General Nova for its RDOS operating