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2. System software - Wikipedia

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   A kernel is the core part of the operating system that defines an application programming interface for applications programs (including some system software) and an interface to device drivers. Device drivers and firmware , including computer BIOS or UEFI , provide basic functionality to operate and control the hardware connected to or built ...

3. Software categories - Wikipedia

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   System software is a generic term referring to the computer programs used to start and run computer systems including diverse application software and networks. Computer programming tools , such as compilers and linkers , are used to translate and combine computer program source code and libraries into executables , which are programs that fall ...

4. Operating system - Wikipedia

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   Operating systems include the software that is always running, called a kernel—but can include other software as well. [7] [9] The two other types of programs that can run on a computer are system programs—which are associated with the operating system, but may not be part of the kernel—and applications—all other software. [9]

5. Software - Wikipedia

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   Software. Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. [1] Software can be defined broadly to include design documents, specifications, and testing suites. [2] The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital computers in the mid-20th century.

6. List of Microsoft software - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft is a developer of personal computer software. It is best known for its Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer and subsequent Microsoft Edge web browsers, the Microsoft Office family of productivity software plus services, and the Visual Studio IDE.

7. Software system - Wikipedia

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   A software system is a system of intercommunicating components based on software forming part of a computer system (a combination of hardware and software). It "consists of a number of separate programs, configuration files, which are used to set up these programs, system documentation, which describes the structure of the system, and user documentation, which explains how to use the system".

8. Systems programming - Wikipedia

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   Systems programming, or system programming, is the activity of programming [1] computer system software.The primary distinguishing characteristic of systems programming when compared to application programming is that application programming aims to produce software which provides services to the user directly (e.g. word processor), whereas systems programming aims to produce software and ...

9. List of programming languages by type - Wikipedia

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   Guile. Emacs Lisp. JavaScript and some dialects, e.g., JScript. Lua (embedded in many games) OpenCL (extension of C and C++ to use the GPU and parallel extensions of the CPU) OptimJ (extension of Java with language support for writing optimization models and powerful abstractions for bulk data processing) Perl.