Cosma / Communication / Media / Software
When done well, software is invisible. — Bjarne Stroustrup, Oct. 14, 1985: C++ Adds to Programming
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Introduction1
Dictionary
software : the set of programs, procedures, and related documentation associated with a system and especially a computer system; specifically : computer programs — Webster See also OneLook
Software (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
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
Software (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Outline
Outline of Software (Wikipedia)
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Innovation
Software engineering is an engineering approach to software development. Engineering techniques are used to inform the software development process which involves the definition, implementation, assessment, measurement, management, change, and improvement of the software life cycle process itself. It heavily uses software configuration management which is about systematically controlling changes to the configuration, and maintaining the integrity and traceability of the configuration and code throughout the system life cycle. — Wikipedia
Jared Owen (YouTube Channel)
Jared Owen (Blender Nation)
Software Engineering (American Society for Engineering Education)
Outline of Software Engineering (Wikipedia)
Outline of Software Development (Wikipedia)
Product
Software Products (Wolfram Alpha)
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Preservation
History
License Dashboard (YouTube Channel)
License Dashboard (Official Website)
Software History Center
Software & Software Engineering (Engineering and Technology History Wiki)
Library
Melvil Decimal System # 005.5 Software (Library Thing)
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Software (Library Thing)
Library of Congress # QA76.75 Computer Software (UPenn Online Books)
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Make software that you want to use and that you would want to use often. As long as you are making something that you want to use, then your heart will be in it. — Cabel Sasser, Sink or Swim, SXSW 2006
Education
Computer Science Field Guide: Software Engineering (Computer Science Education Research Group, University of Canterbury)
Computer Science Field Guide (Computer Science Education Research Group, University of Canterbury, YouTube Playlist)
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Occupation
Software Developers (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Software Developers (Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Organization
Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA)
ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (ACM SIGSOFT)
Software Engineering (American Society for Engineering Education)
News
Software News (Communications of the ACM)
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Government
Free Commercial Downloads (USA.gov)
Top Government Software Products (Capterra)
Document
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