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2. Software - Wikipedia

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   Software. Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. [1] The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital computers in the mid-20th century. Early programs were written in machine language specific to the hardware, but the introduction of high-level programming languages in the 1950s ...

3. List of free and open-source software packages - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses.Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as open-source. [1]

4. Software categories - Wikipedia

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   System software is a generic term referring to the computer programs used to start and run computer systems including diverse application software and networks. Computer programming tools, such as compilers and linkers, are used to translate and combine computer program source code and libraries into executables, which are programs that fall ...

5. Application software - Wikipedia

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   Application software. An application program (software application, or application, or app for short) is a computer program designed to carry out a specific task other than one relating to the operation of the computer itself, [1] typically to be used by end-users. [2] Word processors, media players, and accounting software are examples.

6. List of Microsoft software - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft is a developer of personal computer software. It is best known for its Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer and subsequent Microsoft Edge web browsers, the Microsoft Office family of productivity software plus services, and the Visual Studio IDE.

7. Computer program - Wikipedia

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   A computer program is a sequence or set [ a ] of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also includes documentation and other intangible components. [ 1 ] A computer program in its human-readable form is called source code.