System Software

A set of program that govern the operation of a computer system and make the hardware to work. It controls internal computer operations of the computer system. System software refers to the files and programs that make up your computer's operating system. System files include libraries of functions, system services, drivers for printers and other hardware, system preferences, and other configuration files. The programs that are part of the system software include assemblers, compilers, file management tools, system utilities, and debuggers. The system software can be divided into two types,

i. Operating System

II. Language Processors

1. Operating System :

An operating system plays an important role in a computer system which controls all other components of the computer system. If there is no operating system, then  there is no computer. It controls the CPU, Memory, Input/Output devices etc. It is responsible for smooth functioning and efficient operation  of the computer system. Some of the popular operating system are DOS,WINDOWS, UNIX and LINUX etc.

2. Language Processor : 

A programmer can write program in high level language because it is much easy to understand by the computer and convert into its own machine language. The system programs which perform on language processors i.e., it converts the high level language program into machine understandable form (Machine language). The language processors are Assembler, Interpreter,Compiler.