Domain 4: Train user on software-Classes of software (System Software)

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System Software

acts as the conductor for all hardware components and the application software. It has three basic pieces:

Operating System: consists of the master programs, called the supervisor, that manage basic operations of the computer

Utility Programs: are generally used ti support, enhance, or expand existing programs in a computer system

Language Translator: is the software that translates a program written by a programmer in a language such as C++ into machine language, which the computer can understand