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Dictionary
software : the set of programs, procedures, and related documentation associated with a system and especially a computer system; specifically : computer programs — Webster
FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing, OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Computer software, or just software is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it. In other words, software is a conceptual entity which is a set of computer programs, procedures, and associated documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system. We can also say software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for some purposes. In other words software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation. Program software performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing instructions to the computer hardware or by serving as input to another piece of software. Software is also sometimes used in a more narrow sense, meaning application software only. Sometimes the term includes data that has not traditionally been associated with computers, such as film, tapes, and records. — Wikipedia
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Outline of Software (Wikipedia)
Outline of Software Development (Wikipedia)
Outline of Software Engineering (Wikipedia)
Preservation
History
Software History Center
Software History Bibliography (Charles Babbage Institute)
Early History of Software Engineering (Robert L. Glass)
Early History of Software Engineering (Robert L. Glass)
Software History (Association of Software Professionals)
Software Database (IT History Society)
Iteractions: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Software History (Charles Babbage Institute)
Software History Bibliography (Charles Babbage Institute)
Fire in the Library: Jason Scott and the Archive Team (Matt Schwartz, with reporting by Eva Talmadge, MIT Technology Review)
GGC 2014: Every Computer, Ever, In Your Browser (Jason Scott) YouTube Video
The Internet Archive Software Collection (Jason Scott, VCF East 9.1) Audio, Well worth a Listen!
ASCII by Jason Scott: Jason Scott’s Weblog
Jason Scott Sadofsky (Wikipedia)
Bitsavers.org (Software Archive) (Document Archive)
Internet Arcade (Jason Scott, Internet Archive)
Internet Archive (Brewster Kahle)
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
Participation
Education
Course
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Organization
Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA)
ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT)
News
Association for Computing Machinery, Science Daily
Book
Government
Free Commercial Downloads (USA.gov)
Top Government Software Products (Capterra)
Document
Expression
Fun
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Future
Software as a service (SaaS) sometimes referred to as “on-demand software”, is a software delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud. SaaS is typically accessed by users using a thin client via a web browser. SaaS has become a common delivery model for most business applications, including accounting, collaboration, customer relationship management (CRM), management information systems (MIS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), invoicing, human resource management (HRM), content management (CM) and service desk management. — Wikipedia
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Communications of the ACM: Software The latest news, opinion and research in software, from Communications online.
- Tech in the Post-Pandemic Worldon April 22, 2021 at 1:01 pm
Assessing its future, both the bad and the good.
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Researchers have developed a forensic method based on a convolutional neural network that can effectively distinguish between natural images and computer-generated graphics.
- Google Has A Plan To 'Fix' Online Privacy....on April 20, 2021 at 5:57 pm
Google recently decided to adopt a new way to track users, and says it's more private than cookies and nearly as effective for advertising. The rest of the Internet pretty much hates it.
- A Driverless Tesla Crashed and Burned for 4...on April 20, 2021 at 5:33 pm
Two men died after a Tesla vehicle, which authorities said was operating without a driver, crashed into a tree in a Houston suburb on April 17.
- Designing Healthy Diets With Computer Analysison April 20, 2021 at 5:09 pm
A mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to prevent diseases, researchers say.
Software News -- ScienceDaily Software Development -- Software Engineering. From embedded software to smart machines, read about advanced logic systems and more.
- DNA robots designed in minutes instead of dayson April 19, 2021 at 5:57 pm
Someday, scientists believe, tiny DNA-based robots and other nanodevices will deliver medicine inside our bodies, detect the presence of deadly pathogens, and help manufacture increasingly smaller electronics. Researchers took a big step toward that future by developing a new tool that can design much more complex DNA robots and nanodevices than were ever possible before in a fraction of the time.
- Entanglement-based quantum networkon April 15, 2021 at 6:26 pm
A team of researchers reports realization of a multi-node quantum network, connecting three quantum processors. In addition, they achieved a proof-of-principle demonstration of key quantum network protocols.
- Engineers combine AI and wearable cameras in...on March 15, 2021 at 3:01 pm
Robotics researchers are developing exoskeletons and prosthetic legs capable of thinking and moving on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
- Classic math conundrum solved: Superb algorithm...on March 11, 2021 at 1:42 am
One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the problem is when the route traverses a changing network - whether this be a road network or the internet. For 40 years, an algorithm has been sought to provide an optimal solution to this problem. Now, computer scientist have come up with a recipe.
- Cutting off stealthy interlopers: a framework for...on March 4, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Cyber-physical systems (CPS), which combine modern networking with physical actuators, can be vulnerable against hackers. Recently, researchers developed a new framework for CPSs that is resilient to a sophisticated kind of cyberattack. Unlike existing solutions, the proposed approach allows for real-time detection and recovery from the attack while ensuring stable operation. This paves the way for secure and reliable CPSs across various application domains, such as smart cities and unmanned […]