SYSTEM SOFTWARE controls the hardware and manages the other software

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ICT REVISION (software) Mind Map on SYSTEM SOFTWARE controls the hardware and manages the other software, created by bmclaughlin232 on 17/01/2014.
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SYSTEM SOFTWARE controls the hardware and manages the other software
  1. Operating system software
    1. Device Driver software
      1. drivers contain instructions needed by operating systems t allow it to communicate with peripheral devices eg mouse printer
      2. Utility Programs
        1. Visual checkers
          1. Security and accounting software
            1. File management utilities
            2. Programming language compliers/ interpreters
              1. different types of programs used to translate the statements in a programing language
              2. Performance monitoring software
                1. is used to monitor analyse and report on the performance of a computer and its components
                2. Communication Software
                  1. in a mainframe environment this is executed on a separate dedicated processor and controls the flow of data too and from remote locations
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