System Software

Introduction of Software:

            Sets of programs that are used to communicate with computer are called software. Or the programs that we make in the computer are called software (that we can see but not touch). Languages and packges like MS Word, MS Excel, Basic & COBOL etc. computer does nothing unless it is given instruction to perform.

Software has two types

1.      System software

2.      Application software

1.      System software

System software consists of the programs that control over all operations of the computer system.

System software has following types:

Ø  Operating System

Ø  Translators

Ø  System Utilities

Operating System

            A software that controls the hardware OR a Software that provides such an environment to user in which he operates computer easily. It is responsible for the flow of data between different components of computers

Translators

            To execute programs from high level language to computer code (the binary pattern ‘0’ and ‘1’), some system programs are used called translators.

These are of following types:

1.      Interpreters

2.      Compilers

3.      Assemblers

System Utilities

            Utilities are system software’s. they provide useful services by performing common tasks such as sorting, merging and copying.