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| “ | A computer without programs is like a phonograph without records — it won't play.[1] | ” |
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Software refers to
| “ | the instructions and associated information that control the operations of computers and their components. It includes firmware, systems software, programming software (including programming languages and compilers), and software development environments. It also includes application software for data and information capture, creation, manipulation, modification, transmission, storage, search, access or retrieval, and visualization.[2] | ” |
References Edit
- ↑ Improving COBOL Applications Can Recover Significant Computer Resources, at 1.
- ↑ President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World An Assessment of the Federal Networking and Information Technology R&D Program (Aug. 2007) (full-text).
See also Edit
- Assembly language
- Computer software
- COTS
- Machine instruction
- Machine language
- Mass-market software
- Middleware
- Modified off-the-shelf software
- Object code
- Open source
- Programming language
- Programming tool
- Software-closed architecture
- Software-of-unknown-pedigree
- Software as a Service
- Software as a trade secret
- Software bundler
- Software client
- Software development
- Software development kit
- Software distributor
- Software engineer
- Software framework
- Software industry
- Software library
- Software license
- Software life cycle
- Software modification
- Software package
- Software patentability
- Software piracy
- Software protection
- Software publisher
- Software robot
- Software security
- Software support
- Software testing
- Software update
- Software validation
- Software vendor
- Software verification
- Software versioning
- Source code
