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Applications interact with the operating system. It is the operating system that works directly with the hardware.
uTorrent has created software that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. However, they have also created an application for the Android operating system.
The computer works with the help of the operating system. It gives the framework to run the application software. The application allows the user to use the computer for particular purposes.
Software is written to work with a specific operating system. Software that works with the Windows Vista operating system will not work with the Mac OS X operating system. There are separate versions of Photoshop Elements for each operating system and the correct version is required for each operating system. (See links below)
a driver has to be used to enable the hardware to communicate or interface with the Operating System. The driver speaks the language of the device and enables commands from the OS to be delivered to the device.
In most cases, if a program works on XP, it will work on Vista.
System Software is a software which actually works at system level. Their are 2 types of softwares ,1)Application Software and 2)System Software. System Softwares are OS(Operating Systems) and it provides an interface between the user and the computer. It is a software which also manages the resources of the computer eg. RAM,Hard Drive usage and CPU . The system software has system processes running at the back of the OS which actually manages the overall Operating System.
A software engineer works on software, while a system engineer will just work on the system. They are different because the system could be the BIOS, operating system, hard drive, memory, and other things. While a software engineer will only work on programs that you use.
There is no Microsoft Apple. Microsoft is a company that produces software such as the operating system called Windows or the word processor Word. Apple is another company that makes the Macintosh range of computers which use Apple's own Mac OS X operating system. Both companies produce software that works on the other companies operating system. For example Microsoft produces a version of Word for the Macintosh and Apple has a version of iTunes that works on the Windows operating system.
An integrated accounting system is one that works along with your computers operating system. Easily installed into your computer, it can be up and running in a matter of minutes.
Apple's iChat software only works with their Macintosh computers and is not available for computers running the Windows operating system.