A system software component that is external to the operating system kernel. If the phrase is used to refer to the operating system itself, it is redundant because an operating system "is" software.

The user only gets to interact with the GUI that has been created by the system software. What is Application Software? We can define an application software as software written on a high-level ...

database manager and interpreter are considered system software. The applications and interactive DBMS query and edit would be considered application software. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...