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Software, Monitored by system software - Coggle Diagram
Software
System software
The interface between computer hardware and user application programs
Enables computer to operate its hardware and application software
Types of system software
Operating system
Essential as it manages all other programs being used
Utility Programs
A program that carries out a specific task to assist the operating system
The main functions of system software
Allocating memory
The OS organises the use of main memory between programs and data files
Data needs to be transferred from HDD/SDD to main memory (i.e. RAM) before it can be used
Locates free memory in RAM and situates this to the program/file
Storage
The OS manages the storage of data and files
Processing time
System software allocates processing between running programs and users
Uses time slices. More important tasks get more slices
System software includes response time and Processer wage
Application software
Enables the computer to do a particular task (e.g. word processing)
Monitored by system software