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.
accumulative - marked by acquiring or amassing; we live in an accumulative society. acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; an acquisitive mind; an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied.