Ch 9 · Check Your Understanding · Theory

Topic 9 of 9 in System Software & the Toolchain — What Runs Your Programs — 4 lessons.

Software Types

Interrupts

Translators

Foundation Secured

You can now explain the difference between system and application software, list what an operating system does, describe interrupts and the ISR, name common utilities, and compare compilers, interpreters, assemblers and IDEs.

All topics in Theory System-software

  1. System vs Application Software
  2. The Operating System's Jobs
  3. Interrupts
  4. Utility Software
  5. Translators
  6. Compiler vs Interpreter
  7. The IDE
  8. Scheduling & Memory Management (A Level)
  9. Check Your Understanding