It's what we called an OS at the time, usually some utility code to help an assembly programmer handle I/O on a slightly higher level and keep everyone from having to write their own tape routine, keyboard routine, etc. An OS nowadays handles that functionality still, but most are multi-process and so handle those functions while keeping the processes from stepping on each other in the process.
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