PAA10503-Q4-Chap4

System software is a single program. 

System software cannot handle technical details without user intervention. 

Starting or restarting a computer is called tasking the system. 

The operating system allows the user to interact with the application programs and computer hardware through a user interface. 

In a network environment, the network server computer coordinates all communications between the other computers. 

A standard desktop computer comes with an embedded operating system. 

The operating system is often referred to as the software platform. 

Smartphones generally include a network operating system. 

Because Mac OS X market share is so large, more application programs are developed to run under Mac OS X than any other operating system. 

Linux is a popular and powerful alternative to the Windows operating system.