What am I? Software edition

I maintain or operate the computer system

• System software

• Application software

• Utility software

I send data and instructions to output devices

I gave each running task a fair share of processor time

I send error messages

• Device driver

• Operating system

• Compilers

I comes with an external hardware component and sends customized instructions to that component.

• Compilers

• Interpreters

• Device driver

I was designed to perform functions which maintain the computer system.

• Device driver

• Utilities

• Compilers

I transform source code into machine code

I transform the whole of the program at once

I create an executable file as an output

• Linkers

• Compilers

• Interpreters

I translate macros or application-based script languages

I translate one line at a time

• Linkers

• Utilities

• Interpreters

I combine the object files together to form a single executable file

• Utilities

• Device driver

• Linkers

I was created to produce a report

I was created to create a menu

I was created to mail merge

• Spreadsheets

• Word processing

• Photo editing software

I was used mainly for performing calculations and modeling.

I was used for financial and statistical information.

• Database

• Spreadsheets

• Word processing

I draw shapes

I change the canvas size

I resize the image

• Photo editing

• Graphic manipulation

• Video editing