Special programs that facilitate interaction between application software and the os are called

System software helps run the computer and facilitate interactions between application software and hardware devices. From the moment the computer powers up until you shut it off, you are interacting with the system software. System software consist of utility programs and operating system.

APIs

Explanation:

API is the acronym for “Application Programming Interface“. APIs are the set of programs that facilitate the interaction between application software and the operating system. This is because they have as their primary function, to establish an integration meal between the systems, allowing the exchange of information inside a computer even with different programming languages of the accesses. This reduces, and even exterminates, the need to install numerous resources compatible with the systems in order to carry out a job.