Which category of software includes operating systems and utility programs?

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4 Apr 2019
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28 May 2026

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Operating systems and utility programs fall under system software because they manage hardware and provide essential services for application software. BIOS firmware is specific to hardware initialization, application suites are collections of related programs, and sequential software is not a recognized category.

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