software

Also known as computer software, computational tool, dghed

thumb|Software written in the JavaScript language Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications.

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Software is a subject with a Commons category and gallery both titled "Software." It has equivalent classes defined by DBpedia and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. The concept also has exact matches in the Coar resource type ontology and the Citation Styles Language ontology.

The topic is referenced by 7,801 other encyclopedia articles. It appears in PubMed with a count of 482,775 for the query "software." A Stack Exchange site dedicated to software recommendations is located at softwarerecs.stackexchange.com. Related technical support discussions occur on Superuser, accessible via superuser.com.

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Research

482,775 papers

Esthetic Clinic Management Software-Can we improve patient safety?ReviewJournal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS · 2024Kamal J, Zargaran D, Zargaran A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.10.123
A Critique of Computer Simulation Software's Used in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Analysis.ReviewCurrent clinical pharmacology · 2018Dave V, Yadav RB, Yadav S et al.DOI: 10.2174/1574884713666181025144845
Software evaluation on infant development to support teaching and professional training.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Melo WS, Braga HFGM, Cardoso MVLML et al.DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.7248.4284
The PANDORA Software for Anchor-Restrained Peptide:MHC Modeling.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Marzella DF, Crocioni G, Parizi FM et al.DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3239-0_18
The use of text-matching software's similarity scores.Accountability in research · 2023Manley SDOI: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1986018
Transcriptome software results show significant variation among different commercial pipelines.BMC genomics · 2023Thawng CN, Smith GBDOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09683-w
Integration of software tools for integrative modeling of biomolecular systems.Journal of structural biology · 2022Hancock M, Peulen TO, Webb B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107841
Advanced software for MRgFUS treatment planning.Computer methods and programs in biomedicine · 2023Filippou A, Georgiou A, Nikolaou A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107726

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

History
Types
Software development and maintenance
Quality and security
Encoding and execution
Programming languages
Compilation, interpretation, and execution
Legal issues
Liability
Licenses
Patents
Impact
References
Sources

thumb|Software written in the JavaScript language Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications.

The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital computers in the mid-20th century. Early programs were written in the machine language specific to the hardware. The introduction of high-level programming languages in 1958 allowed for more human-readable instructions, making software development easier and more portable across different computer architectures. Software in a programming language is run through a compiler or interpreter to execute on the architecture's hardware. Over time, software has become complex, owing to developments in networking, operating systems, and databases.

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