What is third party software?

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:35:48 +0000, Samidha Shah wrote:

what is third party software ?how does it work? and how to use it . please tell me about it .

Third-party software is simply software written for Windows, but
written and sold (or given away for free) by other companies, not by
Microsoft.

How it works and how you use it is no different from software written
by Microsoft.

So, for example, you can buy Microsoft Office, and install the
programs that are part of it (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
from the disks that you get, and then run those programs like any
programs (Notepad, Wordpad, Internet Explorer, etc.) that came with
Windows.

Alternatively, you could buy WordPerfect Office, which is written and
sold by Corel (a third-party company), install it, and use its
component programs instead.
You could even install both Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Office
and use both--or some program from one of them and other programs from
the other one.

And to add an explanation of why its called "third-party," the first
party is the manufacturer of your computer (Dell, HP, etc.), the
second party is the writer of the operating system you run
(Microsoft), and the third-party is the writer of the software, if
it's not Microsoft.

Hi Samidha!

You can find a lot of explications if you use your favorite search engine and search for What is third party software?

For example:

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-third-party-applications.htm

http://www.techterms.com/definition/thirdparty

Wishing you a nice Christmas!

Cheers

Julia