System Software and Operating System : An Introduction to System Programming

The software which manages the resources and makes the interaction between a user and machine possible is system software. An operating system is a software that communicates with your computer hardware and provides a place to run the application.System software is a type of computer program that is designed to run a computers hardware and application programs. If we think of the computer system as a layered model the system software is the interface between the hardware and user applications. The operating system is the best-known example of system software