My ipad 1 is suddenly tossing me out of apps, is this a hardware or software issue?

My Ipad was working fine until a few weeks ago, after ugrading to the newest IOS. Lately about a third of the time I open a browser, (different browsers), or some other App like Netflix or Zappos, or even photo editing program, the app abruptly closes and throws me out to the desktop. I'm getting very frustrated, does anyone else experience this and know why it might be happening? Is it hardware or software?

Try closing all apps completely and then do a reset and see if that helps. To close all apps : from the home screen (i.e. not with any app 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of each app to close them, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
To do a reset : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

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