System Software

Things to remember

• Programs are the collections of data and instructions in a systematic order to perform some work.
• The software is the collection of program and other associated documents that help to control, manage and integrate the components of a computer system to accomplish a specific task.The software can be divided into two types. They are: system software and application software.
• The software that helps to activate the computer system and provide an operating environment for other application software is called system software. It can be categorized into three types: operating System (OS), device drivers, languages translator(compilers, interpreters, and assemblers) and utility software.
• The main function of OS is to manage the disk access, files process etc.
• Assembler is also called source program.