which is software that directly operates the computer hardware, to provide basic functionality needed by users and other software, and to provide a platform for running application software. System software includes:
Definition of ASSOCIATIVE. 1. : of or relating to association especially of ideas or images. 2. : dependent on or acquired by association or learning. 3.
objective - serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; objective case; accusative endings. accusative. grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)