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System Software: Controlling Integrating Managing

System software controls, integrates, and manages the individual hardware components of a computer system so that other software and users see the computer as a functional unit without having to deal with low-level hardware details. System software includes operating systems, which tell the computer how to interact with users and devices, and utilities/service programs that perform functions like compiling code and backing up files. Common operating systems are Windows, Mac OS, Linux, UNIX, and OS/2.

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System Software: Controlling Integrating Managing

System software controls, integrates, and manages the individual hardware components of a computer system so that other software and users see the computer as a functional unit without having to deal with low-level hardware details. System software includes operating systems, which tell the computer how to interact with users and devices, and utilities/service programs that perform functions like compiling code and backing up files. Common operating systems are Windows, Mac OS, Linux, UNIX, and OS/2.

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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 of the computer hardware.

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System Software

System software exists primarily for the computer itself, to help the computer perform specific functions. One major type of system software is the operating system (OS). All computers require an operating system. The OS tells the computer how to interact with the user and its own devices. Common operating systems include Windows, the Macintosh OS, OS/2, and UNIX .

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System software can be further classified as: 1.Operating Systems 2.Utilities and Service Programs

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What is an Operating System


It is an extended machine
Hides the messy details which must be performed Presents user with a virtual machine, easier to use

It is a resource manager
Each program gets time with the resource Each program gets space on the resource

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Operating systems
MS DOS MS windows Windows 3.0 Windows 3.1 Windows 3.11 Windows 3.15 Windows 95,97, Windows 98,2000,ME,XP,NT
LINUX UNIX SOLARIS MAC OS OS2

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Different operating systems are designed for different hardware platforms or for different functions.

Operating systems may provide different types of user interfaces such as Command Line Interface and Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Command Line Interface(CLI)

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Difficult to use Not user friendly Should have expert knowledge

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Graphical user Interface (GUI)


Easy to handle User friendly Expert knowledge not necessary

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The First OS with a GUI : Macintosh Operating System


The Macintosh OS supports the graphical nature of the Macintosh computer. The Mac OS brought the first truly graphical user interface to consumers.

The Mac OS also brought interface conformity to the desktop. All applications running under the Mac OS, therefore, provided the same "look and feel" to the user.

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The first OS made by Microsoft with a GUI

Windows 3.x
Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 3.11 are called the Windows 3.x family. Windows 3.x brought a GUI and multitasking capabilities to PCs running DOS. Windows 3.x is an operating environment because it ran on top of DOS, which was the actual OS.

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An example for service programs Compilers and Interpreters

These are called language translators which translate a program written in a high level language into an equivalent program which a computer can understand.

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An example for Utility programs

Eg.
Backup Disk Cleanup Character Map

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