systems program

1. 1.

   a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer

   Synonymssystem programsystems software

   Broaderprogram

Questions about systems program

What does systems program mean?

systems program means "a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer".

What is another word for systems program?

Close synonyms include system program, systems software. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is systems program a common word?

systems program is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.