computer systems

Question 1

what is systems software

Answer 1

Interface between the hardware and applications

Program that runs application programs and computer hardware

Computer software that helps the computer to run.

Question 2

what is the operating system

Answer 2

Collection of software that tells the computer hardware what to do.

Software that allows the computer to run applications.

Software that controls the operations of a computer.

System software that manages the computer.

Question 3

what is the purpose of the kernal

Answer 3

takes care of low level operations
main activities of os

memory management : handles loading programs from the hard drive into main memory , keeps track of program fragments
file management : akk data is stored within files , os creates a virtual file structure of the physical component.
user management : retains settings for each user
multitasking : when more than one programs is running at one time . small amount of time are given to each process. it cycles between them