What's a type of system software that controls basic input....?

Question

What's a type of system software that controls basic input and output, allocates system resources, manages storage space, maintains security, and detects equipment failure?

Answer 1

Are you talking about what is often referred to as "middleware"? Basic Input Output System (BIOS) controls most of that stuff, but not all of it, and some of it has to be controled by regular old-fassioned operating system software.