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of Software
Software that is not generic but specifically for
one single purpose machine. It will not run on any other
machine.
Applications like this are SABRE, the reservation system
of airlines, defense systems etc.
CASE
Computer Aided Software Engineering
Creating software is an expensive and time consuming
job. These programs will support and in some cases replace
the software engineer in creating computer programs
Cad Cam systems
Computer aided design & computer aided manufacturing
The electronic drawing board in a computer program.
The features are numerous. Like premanufactured elements,
strength calculations, emulations of how a construction
will hold in earthquakes etc.
CAI
Computer Aided Instruction is mainly used in education.
It can teach and train people in the use of machines,
computers, learn on topics like history, mathematics
or languages.
Programs like this are mostly geared towards one single
subject.
Databases
DBMS, short for Database Management Systems, is software
used by businesses. Many of them can not do without
DBMS software anymore. Large websites - web shops -
also run this type of software.
Database Management Systems are nothing else but a collection
of data combined with a sophisticated management program
to retrieve and process all this data. And thus to create
information for the users
Expert systems
Expert systems are knowledge based systems. This kind
of programs contains and combine many rules, data and
other information. The output of such software is in
a report that can support our decisions or indicate
solutions. An expert system has many similarities with
Artificial Intelligence and or Fuzzy logic systems.
Games
editor: Ted Stahl
In this section a historic overview of all common and
may be not so common (video)games will be on display.
A historic timeline on games and other related subjects
and their individual pages are (being) created. Games
have become extremely popular and have proven to be
of a very high impact on the development of hard and
software since the 1990's.
Languages index
This section contains an index of all common and not
so common computer languages. Also there are some pages
on important software theorems and how software is build.
Some computerlanguages require compilers others don't
(see compilers & interpreters)
Networks
This section explains how computers are connected via
networks. What kind of networks there are.
Yes, the Internet is just another network, bigger, worldwide
but similar in working.
Introduction to networks
Local Area Networks
Private Networks
Wide Area Networks
The Internet
Office Software and General Purpose Software
Many different software packages were created for use
in the office, and only a few survived. But none as
much as word-processing software.
In this section you will read about the early and more
advanced packages that made life so much easier for
the office workers.
Sometimes we do not realize that the office software
was a driving force in the
production of more powerful machines.
Operating systems
A computer cannot work without an operating system.
The operating system tells the machine how to process
instructions coming from input devices and/or software
running on the computer. It manages input to, and output
from the computer; e.g. access to hard disks, storage
of data in main memory (RAM), and display of information
on your screen."
Software for the dark side
Everything can be done that companies and governments
do not like you to do. No system is one hundred percent
secure. A vault is always weakest at the backdoor ;)=
History of cracking, hacking, viruses, security issues,
script kiddy's, analysing and general software enginering
that does not belong to the above.
From
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