Utility

Almost every functionality of a computer uses a utility software; be it backing up data, antivirus software, data security or file management system. These utility software applications help to manage, maintain and control a computer and support its infrastructure. System utility software is a set of tools that helps configure, analyze and optimize computer resources to help users perform multiple tasks efficiently. Basically, there are four types of utility software applications: System Utilities which include things like memory testers, network utilities, registry cleaners and anti-virus, etc., File Management Utilities such as archivers, backup software, data compression utilities and file managers; Storage Device Management Utilities which include disk related software utilities such as disk checkers, disk partition editors, disk formatters, disk space analysers and so on. Miscellaneous Utilities i.e, all the remaining utility software for example, data generators, hex editors, HTML checkers and merge programs etc.