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system software

computer software that provides a platform for running application software
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system software

Summary

system software is a software category[1]. It draws 760 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #41 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • system software's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • system software is a type of software[4].
  • system software's Commons category is recorded as System software[5].
  • system software's topic's main category is recorded as Category:System software[6].
  • system software's partially coincident with is recorded as operating system component[7].

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Definition and Type

system software's instance of is recorded as software category[3]. It is a type of software[4].

Why It Matters

system software draws 760 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #41 of 263).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → operating system component
    Instance of → software category
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534296605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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