Framework and software

Question

Hi What is difference between Framework and Software? Thanks.

Mamta M · Answer

Was this question asked to you in an interview? It sounds like that. Well firstly the comparison itself is wrong. You see every framework is software it cannot be hardware it is made of software but every software cannot be a framework. A framework is a set of software components a group of software libraries providing APIs that help you create and build your applications. Frameworks can be of various types but one of the most popular framework categories used by developers is the Web application framework. ASP.NET J2EE Ruby on Rails etc are some examples of this.