What is software that is concerned with basic computer tasks such as accepting input from the keyboard and displaying output to a monitor called?

It is called System software. System software is a sort of PC program that is intended to run a PC's equipment and application programs. In the event that we think about the PC framework as a layered model, the framework programming is the interface between the equipment and client applications.

There are quite a few applicable words here. modeling, programming, etc. let me know the options. 

Typically you use a cd.