Overview of content related to 'software'
This page provides an overview of 874 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)
Key statisticsMetadata related to 'software' (as derived from all content tagged with this term):
See our 'software' overview for more data and comparisons with other tags.
For visualisations of metadata related to timelines,
bands of recency,
top authors, and
and overall distribution of authors
using this term, see our
'software' usage charts.
|
Top authorsAriadne contributors most frequently referring to 'software':
Note: Links to all articles by authors listed above set filters to display articles by each author in the overview below. Select this link to remove all filters. |
| Title | Article summary |
Date |
|---|---|---|
The DISinHE Centre |
Ian Webb introduces the DISinHE centre. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Caching In? |
George Neisser describes the National JANET Web Caching Service. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Minotaur: From Mac to Linux and Back? |
Tony Grant on why a former Macintosh fan has fallen for Linux. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Search Engine Corner |
Phil Bradley reviews recent developments with search engines. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: Internet Resources for Social Scientists |
Pete Maggs discusses finding high-quality Internet resources for social science and methodology, based on his experience as a SOSIG Section Editor. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
OMNI Corner: Information or Hysteria, "Talking sensibly" in the Biomedical Field |
John Kirriemuir outlines current areas of concern in: Information or Hysteria? "Talking sensibly" in the biomedical field. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
EEVL Eye on Engineering |
The EEVL Team explore Internet Resources in Petroleum Engineering and Electronics, take a glance at engineering resources in Australia and South East Asia and give the latest news from the EEVL service. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Biz/Ed Bulletin |
Kate Sharp and Libby Miller describe Business and Economics Resources on the Internet. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Metadata: Image Retrieval |
Michael Day reports on combining content-based and metadata-based approaches. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
What Is Apache? |
Eddie Young gives the essentials of "Apache", the widely used Unix-based web server software. |
|
Windows NT Explorer |
Brett Burridge introduces his regular column on Windows NT with a description of Site Server's search facility. |
|
Unix and the Web: Providing Web Access to Your Email |
Brian Kelly introduces a regular column on Unix and Web issues by describing how a combination of Apache, PHP and IMP can make email folders available using a web browser. |
|
Web Focus: Extending Your Browser |
Brian Kelly on techniques for extending the capabilities of your browser. |
|
WebWatch: Conclusions from the WebWatch Project |
Brian Kelly sums up conclusions from the WebWatch Project. |
|
Editorial Introduction to Ariadne Issue 20 |
Philip Hunter introduces Ariadne issue 20. |
|
ECMS: Electronic Copyright Management Systems |
Pedro Isaias considers Electronic Copyright Management Systems (ECMS). |
June 1999, issue20, feature article |
The DISinHE Centre |
Professor Alan Newell asks: How can technology assist with the obligations of HE to support staff and students with disabilities? |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
The Web Editor: From 'One Stop Shop' to Information Hierarchy |
Rebecca Linford discusses the web editor role: from 'one stop shop' to information hierarchy. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Biz/Ed Bulletin: What Do You Want to Know? |
Chris Mitchell and Martin Poulter introduce the Advice and Answers section of the CTI Economics Web site; and Kate Sharp explores Green Resources on the Web for Economics and Business |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Windows NT Explorer |
Brett Burridge discusses Active Server Pages (ASP) - one of the most useful facilities provided by Windows NT server. |
|
Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference |
Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999. |
|
Web Mirror: The National Mirror Service |
Sally Hadland on the New National Mirror Service. |
|
IMS Workshop |
Tracy Gardner reports on a meeting held in March in the Francis Hotel, Bath. |
June 1999, issue20, event report |
Bibliotecas Universitarias Consorcio |
Agnès Guyon reports on a seminar in Aveiro, Portugal, 26th and 27th April 1999. |
June 1999, issue20, event report |
CTI-AFM Conference |
Christine Dugdale reports on the 10th CTI-AFM Annual Conference, Brighton. |
June 1999, issue20, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
June 1999, issue20, news and events |
An Overview of Subject Gateway Activities in Australia |
Debbie Campbell looks at how the original criteria proposed for an IMesh map against these Australian initiatives. |
September 1999, issue21, feature article |
Z39.50 for All |
Paul Miller looks at the Z39.50 standard and attempts to extract some meaning from the mass of associated literature. |
September 1999, issue21, feature article |
Digitizing Wilfrid |
Philip Hunter talks to Stuart Lee about the prizewinning 'Wilfrid Owen Multimedia Digital Archive' and the JTAP 'Virtual Seminars on WW1'. |
September 1999, issue21, feature article |
ECMS: Technology Issues and Electronic Copyright Management Systems |
Pedro Isaias looks at the relevant ECMS e-Commerce technology. |
September 1999, issue21, feature article |
Biz/ed Bulletin on Business and Economics |
Libby Miller looks at recent changes to Biz/ed and describes some new sites. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
Windows NT Explorer |
Brett Burridge on Internet Information Server (IIS 4.0) |
|
Web Cache: Clashing with Caching? |
Ruth Jenkins explores some cache related issues for Library and Information Services |
|
Web Focus: Report on "Institutional Web Management Next Steps" Workshop |
Brian Kelly reports on the latest "Institutional Web Management Workshop," this year called: "The Next Steps." |
|
WebWatch: UK University Search Engines |
Brian Kelly explores the search facilities used by UK university Web sites. |
|
Developing the Bath Profile |
Paul Miller with details of the "Bath Profile" - a Z39.50 specification for Library Applications and Resource Discovery. |
September 1999, issue21, event report |
Clumps As Catalogues |
Peter Stubley asks whether CLUMPS as catalogues are 'virtual success or failure?' |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Electronic Publication of Ancient Near Eastern Texts |
Charles E. Jones and David Schloen report on a Chicago conference which explored XML tagging for Ancient Near Eastern Texts on the Web. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Digitizing Intellectual Property: The Oxford Scoping Study |
Stuart Lee discusses the Mellon Digitization Scoping Study for Oxford University. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach |
Lorcan Dempsey presents a research framework for libraries, archives and museums prepared for the European Commission. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
