Difference Between Software And Program in Tabular Form
| Sno. | Basic Term | Software | Program |
| 1. | Definition | Software is a set of Programs used to execute for an entire application. There are Many programs combine together to form software. it is also used to perform a task. | Program is a set of Instructions written in a programming language used to execute for a specific task or particular function. |
| 2. | Size | Goes to Mb / Gb | Goes to Kb / Mb |
| 3. | Documentations | All Documentations | No Documentations only Comments |
| 4. | Developer | Experienced or Experiment person , well trained | For beginner person |
| 5. | Development Approach | Systematic, organized, planned | Unplanned, not Systematic, un-organized |
| 6. | Who Use | Public,Buyer,Large or vast number of users | Only developer |
| 7. | Software development life cycle | Yes Needed SDLC | No Need SDLC |
| 8. | Functionality | GUI , INPUT / OUTPUT DATA , PROCESS , Result Lots of Features and Option | Limited functionality and less features |
| 9. | Categories | application software and system software | No Categories It |
| 10. | Compiled Operation | Not need Compiled ,a whole software is compiled, tested and debugged in the development process. | A program is compiled every time when we need to generate some output from it. |
| 11. | Time Taken to Make | 1-2years or more | 5min – 1day |
| 12. | Programming Languages | consists of bundles of programs and data files. Programs in a specific software use these data files to perform a dedicated type of tasks. | set of instructions which are coded in a programming language like C, C++, PHP, Java etc. |
| 13. | Dependent | Dependent on operating System | Dependent on Compiler |
| 14. | Graphical User Interface | Most of Software are Having GUI its included Buttons ,Option,process bars. | Dependent on Programming Language Its GUI (VB,JAVA, PHP, python )or Command Line C,CPP,Java,vb,python |
| 15. | Examples of | Application software are: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Google Chrome, VLC media player, Firefox, Adobe Reader etc. System Software are: Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac etc. | Examples of add two numbers, factorial, greatest of two number, greatest of three number,etc. |
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Very understandable
in the point no. 4 under software, shouldn’t it be experienced person rather than experiment person. Doesnt make any sense
we apologise our Mistake. (Experiment person) we denoted as person who already know programming, and try to make new staff.