What is the difference between System Software and Application Software?

What is the difference between System Software and Application Software?

System Software- Software refers to the programs that we run on our computer systems. It allows the hardware to do something useful. Without software, the hardware wouldn't know what it was supposed to do. Software is made up of a series of of instructions or computer code. It is these instructions which tell the hardware that it needs to print a document, save a file or display a web page for example.

Applications Software- Application software is all the computer software that causes a computer to perform useful tasks beyond the running of the computer itself. For example, the Microsoft Office programs.

The difference between these two software is that system software are the base of application software, as without it, application software would have no problem to run off of. Application software are designed to run specific jobs or perform a task, whereas system software run and manage a variety of tasks that run the hardware of a computer system.