Commodore 64C - Understanding Software Concepts

what software is
Software is a set of instructions (also called a program) that tells your computer
just what you want it to do. In other words, software is what lets you do things
with your computer.
There are two kinds of software:
1. Prepackaged Software—
This is software that is ready for you to use. Prepackaged software is sometimes
called "canned" software. You don't need to know all about "computing" or "pro
gramming" to use prepackaged software programs.
There are many thousands of prepackaged or "canned" software programs available
to you. Much of this software comes from commercial software companies, but there
are also many ready-to-use software programs available in computer magazines or
from computer user groups.
2. User-Created Software—
This is software that you yourself make up. To do this you must use a special lan
guage, known as a programming language. The Commodore 64C comes with a
built-in programming language known as BASIC 2.0; see the SYSTEM GUIDE for
instructions on programming in BASIC 2.0. There are also many other program
ming languages available for the Commodore 64C, including LOGO, PILOT, LISP,
PASCAL, etc.
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