A set of a one or more programs designed to operate, control and extend the processing capabilities of a computer system. These are general programs written to assist humans in the use of computer system and for making the operations of the computer system more effectively and efficient.
System software supports the following -
1) Running of other software.
2) Communicating with and controls peripheral devices such as printers, card readers, disk and tape etc.
3) Development of other application software.
4) Monitoring the effective use of various hardware resources such as memory, peripherals, CPU , etc.
The most common types of system are-
1) Operating systares
2) Programming Language Translator 3) Communications Software
4) Utility Programs
No comments:
Post a Comment