Computer Questions

The two broad categories of software in a computer are

1. System software
2. Application software

System software controls how the system works and enables user to access all of the system hardware and application software

The OS, utility programs and drivers come under system software.

Application software are software used by the user to perform specific task. They are installed according to the user's requirements.

The word processor, web browser, players, spreadsheets etc... come under this application software.

A source program is is a text file that contains instructions or a program written in a language other than machine code, typically a high-level language.

The lightest computer is the tablet.

IRQ-0 is the system timer commonly use in all computers. In a computer, IRQ is an interrupt request which acts as a hardware signal sent to the processor that temporarily stops a running program and allows a special program, an interrupt handler, to run instead.

.mp3 is audio file extension.

Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination is called as Backup. When an original data is lossed, to restore the information by copying the data from the source to other destination is called as Backup or Data backup.