System programs

Supplementary programs between the OS and applications. can be:

  • File Management programs. Create, destroy, change directory, etc
  • Status information like date,time, # of users
  • File modification. Text editors
  • Programming language support. compilers, assemblers, debuggers and interpreters
  • Program loaders. Absolute loaders, Relocatable loaders, Linkage editors or Overlay loaders.
  • Communications. Create virtual connections to browse the internet.

Application programs are web browsers, word processors, database systems, games and more