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System Programs Purpose

System programs provide an environment for developing and executing other programs by serving as a bridge between the user interface and system calls. They define the user's view of the operating system and include compilers, programs for loading and executing other programs, manipulating files, providing system status information, and supporting various programming languages. System programs fall into categories like status information, communications, file manipulation, program loading and execution, file modification, application programs, and programming language support.

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System Programs Purpose

System programs provide an environment for developing and executing other programs by serving as a bridge between the user interface and system calls. They define the user's view of the operating system and include compilers, programs for loading and executing other programs, manipulating files, providing system status information, and supporting various programming languages. System programs fall into categories like status information, communications, file manipulation, program loading and execution, file modification, application programs, and programming language support.

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System programs provide an environment where programs can be developed and

executed. In the simplest sense, system programs also provide a bridge between the
user interface and system calls. In reality, they are much more complex. For example, a
compiler is a complex system program.

System Programs Purpose

The system program serves as a part of the operating system. It traditionally lies
between the user interface and the system calls. The user view of the system is actually
defined by system programs and not system calls because that is what they interact
with and system programs are closer to the user interface.

An image that describes system programs in the operating system hierarchy is as


follows:
In the above image, system programs as well as application programs form a bridge between

the user interface and the system calls. So, from the user view the operating system observed is

actually the system programs and not the system calls.


Types of System Programs

System programs can be divided into seven parts. These are given as follows:
Status Information

The status information system programs provide required data on the current or past status of

the system. This may include the system date, system time, available memory in system, disk

space, logged in users etc.


Communications

These system programs are needed for system communications such as web browsers. Web

browsers allow systems to communicate and access information from the network as required.
File Manipulation

These system programs are used to manipulate system files. This can be done using various

commands like create, delete, copy, rename, print etc. These commands can create files, delete

files, copy the contents of one file into another, rename files, print them etc.
Program Loading and Execution

The system programs that deal with program loading and execution make sure that programs

can be loaded into memory and executed correctly. Loaders and Linkers are a prime example of

this type of system programs.


File Modification

System programs that are used for file modification basically change the data in the file or
modify it in some other way. Text editors are a big example of file modification system

programs.
Application Programs

Application programs can perform a wide range of services as per the needs of the users.

These include programs for database systems, word processors, plotting tools, spreadsheets,

games, scientific applications etc.


Programming Language SupportThese system programs provide additional support features
for different programming languages. Some examples of these are compilers, debuggers etc.
These compile a program and make sure it is error free respectively.

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