SYSTEM PROGRAMS
ü System
programs provide a convenient environment for program development and
execution.
ü They can
be divided into several categories:
1. File management: These
programs create, delete, copy, rename, print, dump, list and generally
manipulate files and directories.
2. Status information: The
status such as date, time, amount of available memory or diskspace,
number of users or similar status information.
3.
File modification: Several
text editors may be available to create and modify the content of files
stored on disk or tape.
4.
Programming-language support: Compilers,
assemblers, and interpreters for common programming languages are often
provided to the user with the operating system.
5. Program loading and execution: The
system may provide absolute loaders, relocatable loaders, linkage
editors, and overlay loaders.
6. Communications: These
programs provide the mechanism for creating virtual connections among
processes, users, and different computer systems. (email, FTP, Remote log in)
7. Application programs: Programs
that are useful to solve common problems, or to perform common
operations.
Eg. Web browsers, database systems.
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