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.
âº grammar (of a verb) having or needing an object: In the sentence The car hit a tree, hit is a transitive verb and tree is the object. (Definition of âtransitiveâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)