Overview of content related to 'software'
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Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it. 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. The term was coined to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical devices). In contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Software)
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It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine), Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-Book |
Sarah Ormes explores the e-book from a Public Libraries perspective. |
January 2001, issue26, feature article |
Public Libraries: Managing the Virtual Branch |
Sarah Ormes reports on the recent Public Libraries Web Managers Workshop held in the University of Bath. |
January 2001, issue26, event report |
Public Libraries Corner |
Sarah Ormes and David Potts shed light on the what exactly the Networked Policy Taskgroup does. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
Down Your Way |
Sarah Ormes visits a public library in Huyton, Liverpool, England. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Elvis Is Alive and Well and Selling Library Management Systems in Kansas City |
Sarah Ormes reports from the American Public Library Association conference in Missouri. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Treasure Island on the Web |
Sarah Ormes looks at children's libraries and literacy, and describes the Treasure Island Web pages, a resource that shows how the potential of the Web can be used to make classic texts more accessible to a younger audience. |
November 1996, issue6, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Commercial Partnerships in the Public Library |
Sarah Ormes looks at the increase of net access in public libraries. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Internet Activity in Public Libraries |
Sarah Ormes on Internet activity in the Public Libraries domain. |
May 1996, issue3, regular column |
