What are Programs?

Programs are developed by individuals for their personal use. They are generally, small and have limited functionality.

1. The author of a program himself uses and maintains his program.
2. These usually do not have a good user interface and lack proper documentation.
3. A program consists of a set of instructions which is a combination of source code and object code.
4. Any program is a subset of software, and it becomes software only if documentation and operating procedure manuals are prepared.

Documentation consists of various varieties of manuals as shown below:

Operating procedures consist of instructions to set up and use the system and instructions on how to meet the system failure.

Many people equate the term software with computer programs.