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  2. System software - Wikipedia

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    System software was usually supplied by the manufacturer of the computer hardware and was intended to be used by most or all users of that system. Many operating systems come pre-packaged with basic application software. Such software is not considered system software when it can be uninstalled without affecting the functioning of other ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Comparison of system dynamics software - Wikipedia

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    Free and open source system dynamics modelling software with stock and flow modelling, hierarchical models and array variables. System dynamics and discrete event modeling with some agent-based capabilities. Drag and drop user interface builder in Architect versions allows simulations to be published online.

  6. Software architecture - Wikipedia

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    Software architecture is the set of structures needed to reason about a software system and the discipline of creating such structures and systems. Each structure comprises software elements, relations among them, and properties of both elements and relations. [1][2] The architecture of a software system is a metaphor, analogous to the ...

  7. Operating system - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, peripherals ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Systems development life cycle - Wikipedia

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    In systems engineering, information systems and software engineering, the systems development life cycle (SDLC), also referred to as the application development life cycle, is a process for planning, creating, testing, and deploying an information system. [1] The SDLC concept applies to a range of hardware and software configurations, as a ...