System programming involves designing and implementing system programs like operating systems, compilers, linkers, and loaders that allow user programs to run efficiently on a computer system. A key part of system programming is developing system software like operating systems, assemblers, compilers, and debuggers. An operating system acts as an interface between the user and computer hardware, managing processes, memory, devices, and files. Assemblers and compilers translate programs into machine-readable code. Loaders place object code into memory for execution. System programming optimizes computer system performance and resource utilization.