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.
(1) In English grammar, expletive is a traditional term for a wordâsuch as there or itâthat serves to shift the emphasis in a sentence or embed one sentence in another. Sometimes called a syntactic expletive or (because the expletive has no apparent lexical meaning) an empty word. See Examples and Observations below.