Security - By means of password and similar other techniques, it prevents unauthorized access to programs and data.
Control over system performance - Recording delays between request for a service and response from the system.
Job accounting - Keeping track of time and resources used by various jobs and users.
Error detecting aids - Production of dumps, traces, error messages, and other debugging and error detecting aids.
Coordination between other softwares and users - Coordination and assignment of compilers, interpreters, assemblers and other software to the various users of the computer systems.
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