System Software - Overview

An Operating System is like a translator between you and your computer. Basically this translator is a series of programs that let you communicate with your computer.

It manages system resources such as the CPU, primary memory, secondary memory (disk drives) and systems input and output devices such as the keyboard, screen, and printer.

It also provides the systems interface, which is the part of the system that interacts with you, the end-user of the computer. This is the part of the operating system you actually see, and through which you can control the computer.