Editing Supervisory program (section)

{{Short description|Computer program}}

A '''supervisory program''' or '''supervisor''' is a [[computer program]] that is usually referred as an [[operating system]]. It controls the execution of other [[Subroutine|routines]] such as regulating [[Scheduling (computing)|work schedules]], [[input/output]] operations, and [[Exception handling|error actions]].

Historically, this term was essentially associated with [[IBM]]'s line of [[Mainframe computer|mainframe]] operating systems starting with [[OS/360]]. In other operating systems, the supervisor is generally called the [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]].