System software
System software is responsible for controlling, integrating, and
managing the individual hardware components of a computer system so that
other software and the users of the system see it as a functional unit
without having to be concerned with the low-level details such as
transferring data from memory to disk, or rendering text onto a display.
Generally, system software consists of an operating system and some
fundamental utilities such as disk formatters, file managers, display
managers, text editors, user authentication (login) and management
tools, and networking and device control software.
The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation.
Software is created with programming languages and related utilities,
which may come in several of the above forms: single programs like
script interpreters, packages containing a compiler, linker, and other
tools; and large suites (often called Integrated Development
Environments) that include editors, debuggers, and other tools for
multiple languages.
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