pg 134 #2-5

2. Compilers and other translator programs compiles the complete translation of the program in a high-level computer language before the program runs for the first time.

Software applications allow users to control computers and perform certain actions without being a programmer.

System software is a software that handles details like which parts of the computer's memory holds a document including the operating system and utility programs.

3. The opperating system has to be the first one put into the drive because its the one that communicates with the harddrive.

4. Ehh?

5. The single-user operating system allows the user to run multiple applications at the same time by creating tasks. Because the CPU can only perform one process at a time, the OS takes schedules amd also manages virtual memory. Multi-user OSs are responsible for authentication (user names and passwords) and authorization (allowing only those with adminstrative priviliges to install or uninstall application programs).