WordNet
n. specialized programs that reside permanently in the computer's main memory and control the processing of user's programs
Usage examples of "supervisory software".
Back in cloud-time, preparing himself, he'd edited out any need or desire for food, drink, sleep, sex, companionship, or even a change of scenery, and he'd preprogrammed his exoself-the sophisticated, but nonconscious, supervisory software which could reach into the model of his brain and body and fine-tune any part of it as required-to ensure that these conditions remained true.
Back in cloud-time, preparing himself, he'd edited out any need or desire for food, drink, sleep, sex, companionship, or even a change of scenery, and he'd preprogrammed his exoselfthe sophisticated, but nonconscious, supervisory software which could reach into the model of his brain and body and fine-tune any part of it as requiredto ensure that these conditions remained true.