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    System software has direct control over hardware and memory locations and performs input/output operations to allow application software to function. Examples of system software include operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX as well as BIOS, device drivers, and compilers. Application software runs under system software and indirectly accesses hardware through system software to perform specific tasks like word processing, web browsing, and using spreadsheets. Examples of application software provided are web browsers, Microsoft Office programs, databases, presentations, media players, games, and graphics programs.

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    System software has direct control over hardware and memory locations and performs input/output operations to allow application software to function. Examples of system software include operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX as well as BIOS, device drivers, and compilers. Application software runs under system software and indirectly accesses hardware through system software to perform specific tasks like word processing, web browsing, and using spreadsheets. Examples of application software provided are web browsers, Microsoft Office programs, databases, presentations, media players, games, and graphics programs.

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    System Software Have Direct Control and Access To Your Computer Hardware

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    System software has direct control over hardware and memory locations and performs input/output operations to allow application software to function. Examples of system software include operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX as well as BIOS, device drivers, and compilers. Application software runs under system software and indirectly accesses hardware through system software to perform specific tasks like word processing, web browsing, and using spreadsheets. Examples of application software provided are web browsers, Microsoft Office programs, databases, presentations, media players, games, and graphics programs.

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    System Software have direct control and access to your computer hardware , and memory locations .

    They perform I/O operations on various memory locations , and control the hardware , to make the application software do a task . Operating systems , are the main examples for system software . Exampls : 1) Microsoft Windows 2) Linux 3) Unix 4) Mac OSX 5) DOS 6) BIOS Software 7) HD Sector Boot Software 8) Device Driver Software i.e Graphics Driver etc 9) Linker Software 10) Assembler and Compiler Software Application software run under System Software , and are made to do a specific task i.e ( Word Processing etc) , which have indirect access to the hardware (i.e Behind System Software) . Examples : Web browser, word processing software, spreadsheet software, database software, presentation graphics software. 1) Opera (Web Browser) 2) Microsoft Word (Word Processing) 3) Microsoft Excel (Spreadsheet software) 5) MySQL (Database Software) 6) Microsoft Powerpoint (Presentation Software) 7) iTunes (Music / Sound Software) 8) VLC Media Player (Audio / Video Software ) 9) World of Warcraft (Game Software) 10) Adobe Photoshop (Graphics Software)

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