What is a software?

The word software It is an Anglo-Saxon word that means "soft parts or soft parts" and it designates programs, documentation, applications, rules, and data that make up, among other things, part of a computer's system, are the logical and instructive part of a computer.

A software It is composed of source, executable, or binary code, the data to process, its documentation and sometimes the user's information are part of the software. The software It is the non-tangible or non-physical part related to the computer.

There are different types of software:

• Asoftware educational It is one designed for learning and education, made to educate in an autonomous and particularly enjoyable way, the population to which they have been destined. The software educational, can refer or cover, from programs made for learning to operating systems for the same purpose.
  
• The software free It is in which users once they obtain it they can modify, study, copy or redistribute it freely. This is the definition of "Free software Foundation ".

• The software free it can be free, but it can also be purchased at the price that the distributors, or authors consider. Free is for the freedom of the user to study it, redistribute it, copy it or modify it without incurring the violation of copyright.
  
• The software free sometimes it includes the source code to be able to be modified, but it can also have copyright and therefore, it cannot be modified or altered, although in some cases, it can be redistributed. Therefore, it is not the same as free software.
  
• The software public domain It is the one that does not require a license, since the exploitation rights are for everyone and anyone can make use of it. software free and free can be considered in the public domain, although it must be noted that many require a history of notifications and official or authorized versions.