COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
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System Software
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Utility Software
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Operating System
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Detailed explanation-1: -System software is the set of programs that enables your computers hardware devices and software to work together.
Detailed explanation-2: -Operating system (OS) – a software that controls and coordinates the computer hardware devices and runs other software and applications on a computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Software comprises the entire set of programs, procedures, and routines associated with the operation of a computer system. The term was coined to differentiate these instructions from hardware-i.e., the physical components of a computer system.
Detailed explanation-4: -Software is a set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do.
Detailed explanation-5: -Software constantly stands by to await user input, at which point it then performs the necessary action by sending a signal to the hardware. Hardware performs the required action by accessing memory stored as bits on memory chips.