What are the Difference Between Program and Software?
There are some Difference Between Program and Software are follow on the basic of different terms.
S.N. |
Basic Term |
Software |
Program |
1. |
Definition |
Software is a set of Programs used to execute for an entire application. |
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 |
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. |