Some Other Types of Applications

Systems software

The software in this category helps the user, applications, and computer hardware to interact and function together. These applications create an environment that other programs can work in. When a computer is powered on, the first thing that is loaded into the computer’s memory are the system software applications. They’ll mostly run in the background, even if some of them can have a visual user interface. Because these programs work directly with the computer’s hardware, they are often referred to as low-level software.

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