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  2. Loose coupling - Wikipedia

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    Loose coupling. In computing and systems design, a loosely coupled system is one. in which components are weakly associated (have breakable relationships) with each other, and thus changes in one component least affect existence or performance of another component. in which each of its components has, or makes use of, little or no knowledge of ...

  3. Commercial off-the-shelf - Wikipedia

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    Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of custom-made, or bespoke, solutions. A related term, Mil-COTS, refers to COTS products for use by ...

  4. On-premises software - Wikipedia

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    Alfresco, an example of on-premises document management software An Example of on-premises software (MediaWiki). On-premises software (abbreviated to on-prem, and often written as "on-premise") [1] is installed and runs on computers on the premises of the person or organization using the software, rather than at a remote facility such as a server farm or cloud.

  5. Comparison of open-source and closed-source software

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    dcraw is an open-source tool for decoding RAW-format images from a variety of digital cameras, which can produce better images than the closed-source tools provided by the camera vendors themselves. A number of laptop models are available with a particular emphasis on multimedia capabilities.

  6. Third-party source - Wikipedia

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    In information technology, a third-party source is a supplier of software (or a computer accessory) which is independent of the supplier and customer of the major computer product (s). In e-commerce, 3rd party (3P) source refers to a seller who publishes products on a marketplace, without this marketplace to own or physically carry those products.

  7. Peer-to-peer - Wikipedia

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    A peer-to-peer (P2P) network in which interconnected nodes ("peers") share resources amongst each other without the use of a centralized administrative system. Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent ...

  8. Edge computing - Wikipedia

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    Edge computing involves running computer programs that deliver quick responses close to where requests are made.Karim Arabi, during an IEEE DAC 2014 keynote [6] and later at an MIT MTL Seminar in 2015, described edge computing as computing that occurs outside the cloud, at the network's edge, particularly for applications needing immediate data processing. [7]

  9. as a service - Wikipedia

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    as a service. " X as a service " (rendered as *aaS in acronyms) is a phrasal template for any business model in which a product use is offered as a subscription-based service rather than as an artifact owned and maintained by the customer. Originating from the software as a service concept that appeared in the 2010s with the advent of cloud ...