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Encyclopedia > Software genre

A software genre is a classification of software by its common function, type or topic. Classification may refer to: Taxonomic classification See also class (philosophy) Statistical classification Hint: Language use may refer to a taxonomic classification that is used for statistical purposes also as a statistical classification (like International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems). ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Look up Function on Wiktionary, the free dictionary In general (not in the mathematical but in the engineering sense), a function is a goal-oriented property of an entity. ...


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Anti-virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (malware). ... Automation (ancient Greek: = self dictated) or industrial automation is the use of computers to control industrial machinery and processes, replacing human operators. ... ... A database management system (DBMS) is a computer program (or more typically, a suite of them) designed to manage a database, a large set of structured data, and run operations on the data requested by numerous users. ... A datum is a statement accepted at face value (a given). Data is the plural of datum. ... Data recovery is the process of recovering data from primary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. ... Backup software is software designed to copy data for the purpose of having a second copy of an original source in case of damage to the original data source. ... This article is about emulation in computer science. ... A disc image emulator is a program designed to emulate a disc image, usally of a CD or DVD, on a local hard drive. ... In cryptography, encryption is the process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 3D computer graphics software is a program or collection of programs used to create 3D computer models. ... A bitmap graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to paint and edit pictures interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many popular bitmap or raster formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF. Usually an image viewer is preferred over a bitmap graphics... A vector graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics images interactively on the computer screen (compare with MetaPost) and save them in one of many popular vector graphics formats such as CDR, PDF, WMF or SVG. // Vector editors versus bitmap editors Vector... Many resources are made up by a number of files — for example a program may be accompanied by a few necessary libraries, a license, documentation, etc. ... An email client (or mail user agent [MUA]) is a computer program that is used to read and send e-mail. ... File sharing is the activity of making files available to other users for download over the Internet, but also over smaller networks. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... A FTP client uses the FTP protocol to connect to an FTP server to transfer files. ... A HTML editor is an software application for creating web pages. ... A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface An instant messenger is a client which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network such as the Internet. ... Many modern web browsers have a mode entitled offline browsing, where links to webpages are redirected to local copies in a temporary folder. ... A media player is a piece of application software for playing back multimedia files. ... Mathematical software is a type of software genre which has mathematics in common. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... A Personal Information Manager is a software application that keeps track of personal information such as: E-mails Address books Calendars Task lists Task scheduling (invitations etc) Notices There are several software packages that do this. ... Computer programming (often simply programming) is the craft of implementing one or more interrelated abstract algorithms using a particular programming language to produce a concrete computer program. ... A bugtracker is a ticket tracking system that is designed especially to manage problems (software bugs) with computer programs. ... A diagram of the operation of an ideal compiler. ... An integrated development environment (IDE) (also known as an integrated design environment and integrated debugging environment) is computer software to help computer programmers develop software. ... Revision control is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... A software suite is a collection of computer programs, usually applications of related functionality, often sharing a more-or-less common user interface and some ability to exchange data with each other smoothly. ... A graphics suite is a software suite for graphics work that are distributed together. ... Internet suite - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In computers, an office applications suite, sometimes called an office suite, productivity suite, offimatic suite or integrated offimatic program, is a application software intended to be used by typical clerical and knowledge workers. ... Video editing software is a computer software application that handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. ... A web browser is a software application that enables a user to display and interact with HTML documents hosted by web servers or held in a file system. ...

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Bringing Design to Software - Profile 1 Architecture (1649 words)
This component is analogous to the current education in software engineering, as distinct from computer science, which focuses on the technical engineering aspects and their theoretical foundations, often to the exclusion of practical concerns of management, economics, and the design process.
Software design, like architecture, is a cultural phenomenon, and therefore is subject to the forces of taste, fashion, and desire.
Software is still much younger and less well developed, but we can see the development of styles—the 3270-display mainframe style, the Microsoft style, the Nintendo style—on which a designer can build.
Purchasing Quality Educational Software (1758 words)
Software to meet the needs of students with specific learning difficulties ranges from very elementary cause and effect software to specific packages that assist in the acquisition of skills and understanding in reading, writing, spelling, numeracy and problem solving.
Software must be carefully evaluated and trailed with the students before proper assessment can take place.
Teachers should locate and use software that serves as a resource to enhance and further the learning opportunities of their students.
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