Application software. The most common type of software

• [size=large]Driver software.*Also known as device drivers, this software is often considered a type of system software. Device drivers control the devices and peripherals connected to a computer, enabling them to perform their specific tasks. Every device that is connected to a computer needs at least one device driver to function. Examples include software that comes with any nonstandard hardware, including special game controllers, as well as the software that enables standard hardware, such as USB storage devices, keyboards, headphones and printers.[/size]
  
• [size=large]Middleware.*The term*middleware*describes software that mediates between application and system software or between two different kinds of application software. For example, middleware enables Microsoft Windows to talk to Excel and Word. It is also used to send a remote work request from an application in a computer that has one kind of OS, to an application in a computer with a different OS. It also enables newer applications to work with legacy ones.[/size]
  
• [size=large]Programming software.*Computer programmers use programming software to write code. Programming software and programming tools enable developers to develop, write, test[/size]