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Noted Vandalism
Just to point out I have found some vandalism in the article. We might want to lock editing for a few days. (suggestion) September 6, 2007 6:44 PM (Eastern)
hey joe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.177.24.11 (talk) 16:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
- Same here. I think this should be semi-protected Adam Hillman (talk) 10:46, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Definition of "SOFTWARE"
Unfortunately, the majority of literature uses the terms "software" and "program" as synonyms!!! But, the term "SOFTware" (by itself) connotes that it is the COMPLEMENT of "HARDware". All agree what hardware is. Then "software" is "anything, PART of a computer, that is NOT hardware, i.e. the programs AND the data a computer processes and produces". With this definition, we can avoid the contradiction in such often used statements that "a computer is comprised of hardware and software". Here, if we mean software = program, then an image which is neither hardware nor program, is NOT part of a computer. -- Kaseluris, Nikos 18:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- WHAT is your "point"? What CHANGE to this article ARE you proposing? --Gronky (talk) 20:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I think Nikos would like to say that everything inside a computer is either hardware or software. Since a web page is inside a computer, but it is not hardware, then a web page must be software. And so I think Nikos would like to revert this edit: "a web page is not software".
Given that computer programs are one kind of software, what are the other kinds of software? Is a web page a kind of non-program software? --68.0.124.33 (talk) 14:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
- Generally speaking, a webpage is data. 216.239.234.196 (talk) 18:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Anyone got a better screenshot?
A blank screen is hardly the way to show readers what Abiword can do. A screenshot showing text with various formatting, maybe some images or tables and a menu open would be more informative. --Gronky (talk) 20:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Ehem!!!!!
What is the point of software??????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.19 (talk) 03:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
GhostRiderX990 - Software definition
- Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices. (The term hardware describes the physical aspects of computers and related devices.) Software can be thought of as the variable part of a computer and hardware the invariable part. Software is often divided into application software (programs that do work users are directly interested in) and system software (which includes operating systems and any program that supports application software). The term middleware is sometimes used to describe programming that mediates between application and system software or between two different kinds of application software (for example, sending a remote work request from an application in a computer that has one kind of operating system to an application in a computer with a different operating system).
An additional and difficult-to-classify category of software is the utility, which is a small useful program with limited capability. Some utilities come with operating systems. Like applications, utilities tend to be separately installable and capable of being used independently from the rest of the operating system. By; Michael D-5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.19 (talk) 03:42, 23 July 2008 (UTC)