Overview of content related to 'software'
This page provides an overview of 8 articles related to 'software', listing most recently updated content first. Note that filters may be applied to display a sub-set of articles in this category (see FAQs on filtering for usage tips). Select this link to remove all filters.
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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Are Print Journals Dinosaurs? |
Tony Kidd wonders if he and and his kind are palæontologists. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
Consortium and Site Licensing |
Jim Huntingford reports from the Consortium and Site Licensing Seminar organised by the United Kingdom Serials Group. |
November 1997, issue12, event report |
Down Your Way: The Radcliffe Science Library |
Sarah Ashton meets the Deputy Keeper of the Scientific Book, Dave Price. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Old Ghosts Rear Their Heads |
Peter Brophy calls for effective use of email. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
On Demand Publishing in the Humanities |
Phil Sykes reports on the latest work in On Demand Publishing in the Humanities, an eLib project. |
November 1997, issue12, project update |
The Glass of Fashion and the Mould of Form |
Annette Lafford reports on the new image for NISS's WWW site. |
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The Lesser of Two EEVLs? |
Roddy MacLeod, EEVL Project Manager (Information), describes plans for EEVL. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
Web Focus: WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges |
Brian Kelly describes the WebWatch project. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
