Taking the same approach as above I will try to explain what a System is first so you can have a distinct idea. What’s the use of understanding system software when you can’t describe what a system is or what it does.
A system can be defined as a group of interrelated modules working together to achieve a specific task. Not pretty clear for someone who has not done IT ?? Think of your body as a system. And all its parts, i.e. all your organs are the modules of the system – your body. All of your internal organs each have a specific function but each of them work in collaboration to achieve a particular task which is keeping you alive. Applying this idea to the above statement you can now understand what a system is. Referring to the above you will see that software has already been defined so we move on to system software which is nothing but the heart of the system. In other words it is the main backbone software without which a system won’t be able to function.
Applying it to the IT domain we can extrapolate the following :
1. System software – a set of programs that organise, utilise and control hardware in a computer system.
2. System software is a generic term referring to any computer software which manages and controls the hardware so that application software can perform a task. It is an essential part of the computer system. System software contrasts with application software, which are programs that help the end-user to perform specific, productive tasks, such as word processing or image manipulation.
Examples of system software are :
1. An operating system
2. An OpenGL
3. Database library
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_software
http://www.depts.alverno.edu/cil/mod1/software/system.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/systems_software.html
A system can be defined as a group of interrelated modules working together to achieve a specific task. Not pretty clear for someone who has not done IT ?? Think of your body as a system. And all its parts, i.e. all your organs are the modules of the system – your body. All of your internal organs each have a specific function but each of them work in collaboration to achieve a particular task which is keeping you alive. Applying this idea to the above statement you can now understand what a system is. Referring to the above you will see that software has already been defined so we move on to system software which is nothing but the heart of the system. In other words it is the main backbone software without which a system won’t be able to function.
Applying it to the IT domain we can extrapolate the following :
1. System software – a set of programs that organise, utilise and control hardware in a computer system.
2. System software is a generic term referring to any computer software which manages and controls the hardware so that application software can perform a task. It is an essential part of the computer system. System software contrasts with application software, which are programs that help the end-user to perform specific, productive tasks, such as word processing or image manipulation.
Examples of system software are :
1. An operating system
2. An OpenGL
3. Database library
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_software
http://www.depts.alverno.edu/cil/mod1/software/system.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/systems_software.html
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Good for people to know.
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