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| x name | x image | x Also Typed With | x Software In Genre | x article |
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| x Vector based drawing application | MacDraw | |||
| Inkscape | ||||
| Adobe Illustrator | ||||
| Dia | ||||
| x Programming language |
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Field Of Study | Java |
A programming language is an artificial language designed to automate the task of organizing and manipulating information, and to express algorithms precisely. Programming languages can be used to write programs that specify the behavior of a...
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| File Format Genre | Smalltalk | |||
| Type/domain equivalent topic | Perl | |||
| Ruby | ||||
| PHP | ||||
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| x Web browser |
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Computer Game Platform | Mozilla Firefox |
A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network. Text and...
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| Type/domain equivalent topic | Internet Explorer | |||
| Opera | ||||
| Safari | ||||
| Mosaic | ||||
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| x Web server |
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AOLserver |
The term web server can mean one of two things:
Although web server programs differ in detail, they all share some basic common features.
In practice many web servers implement the following features also:
The origin of the content sent by server is...
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| HAppS | ||||
| Lighttpd | ||||
| Apache HTTP Server | ||||
| Thttpd | ||||
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| x Spreadsheet |
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File Format Genre | Microsoft Excel |
A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper worksheet. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values. A spreadsheet cell may...
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| OpenOffice.org Calc | ||||
| Gnumeric | ||||
| KSpread | ||||
| Quantrix | ||||
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| x Web application |
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Computer Game Genre | Appointments Online |
In software engineering, a web application or webapp is an application that is accessed via web browser over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. It is also a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language ...
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| Industry | Exhibit | |||
| WackoWiki | ||||
| FMDb | ||||
| Basecamp | ||||
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| x Word processor |
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File Format Genre | OpenOffice.org Writer |
A word processor (more formally known as document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of printable material.
Word processor may also...
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| Microsoft Word | ||||
| Wordperfect | ||||
| Lotus Word Pro | ||||
| AbiWord | ||||
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| x Text editor | Expensive Typewriter |
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.
Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code.
There...
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| Vim | ||||
| Emacs | ||||
| Vi | ||||
| Bluefish | ||||
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| x Computer game | ||||
| x Database management system |
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Book Subject | MySQL |
A database management system (DBMS) is computer software designed for the purpose of managing databases. DBMSes may use any of a variety of data models, such as the network model or relational model. The role of a DBMS in a larger system is to allow...
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| PostgreSQL | ||||
| SQLite | ||||
| Ingres | ||||
| Oracle Database | ||||
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| x Concurrent Versions System | Protocol Provider | OpenCVS |
In the field of software development, the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, provides a version control system based on open-source code. Version control system software keeps track of all work and all...
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| Software | ||||
| Revision Control Software | ||||
| x Operating system |
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Algorithm Family | Linux |
An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer. The operating system...
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| Type/domain equivalent topic | Fedora Core | |||
| SabayonLinux | ||||
| Arch Linux | ||||
| SUSE Linux | ||||
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| x Digital Media Framework | Helix project |
The Digital Media Framework is a set of technologies for creating, managing, and distributing digital media. International Business Machines Corporation, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, Inc., and Cisco Systems, Inc. together developed the Framework...
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| x Web application framework | Django web framework |
A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities used in Web...
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| Ruby on Rails | ||||
| DotNetNuke Web Application Framework | ||||
| jQuery | ||||
| Symphony | ||||
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| x Game engine |
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SCUMM |
A game engine is a software system designed for the creation and development of computer and video games. There are many game engines that are designed to work on video game consoles and desktop operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, and...
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| Pygame | ||||
| ScummVM | ||||
| DarkPlaces | ||||
| Crystal Space | ||||
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| x File manager | Konqueror |
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations used are create, open, edit, view, print, play, rename, move, copy, delete, attributes, properties, search/find...
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| Adobe Bridge | ||||
| Gentoo | ||||
| Norton Commander | ||||
| Volkov Commander | ||||
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| x Wiki software |
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Website Category | MediaWiki |
Wiki software is a type of collaborative software that runs a wiki system. This typically allows web pages to be created and edited using a common web browser. It is usually implemented as an application server that runs on one or more web servers....
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| DokuWiki | ||||
| MoinMoin | ||||
| PhpWiki | ||||
| PmWiki | ||||
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| x Content management system |
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TikiWiki |
A content management system (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, and publish content in a consistently organized fashion. CMSs are frequently used for storing, controlling, versioning, and publishing industry-specific...
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| Drupal | ||||
| Joomla! | ||||
| Mambo | ||||
| DotNetNuke Web Application Framework | ||||
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| x Weblog software | WordPress |
Weblog software (also called blog software or blogware) is a category of software which consists of a specialised form of Content Management Systems specifically designed for creating and maintaining weblogs.
Many weblog applications are available...
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| Drupal | ||||
| Subtext Weblog Software | ||||
| B2evolution | ||||
| Serendipity | ||||
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| x Mathematics | Mathematica | |||
| MATLAB | ||||
| x Free software |
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Industry | Drupal |
Free software or software libre is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure...
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| Website Category | Joomla! | |||
| Activism issue | GNU Compiler Collection | |||
| Watir | ||||
| Selenium | ||||
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| x Computer security |
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Website Category | OpenSSH |
Computer security is a branch of technology known as information security as applied to computers. The objective of computer security varies and can include protection of information from theft or corruption, or the preservation of availability, as...
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| Industry | Systrace | |||
| Character Power | Snort | |||
| Computer Science Subfield | Hping | |||
| Ettercap | ||||
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| x Integrated development environment |
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Hackety Hack |
An integrated development environment (IDE) also known as integrated design environment or integrated debugging environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. An IDE...
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| IntelliJ IDEA | ||||
| Visual Studio | ||||
| Eclipse | ||||
| NetBeans | ||||
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| x E-mail client |
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Mozilla Thunderbird |
An e-mail client, aka Mail User Agent (MUA), aka e-mail reader is a frontend computer program used to manage e-mail.
Sometimes, the term e-mail client is also used to refer to any agent acting as a client toward an e-mail server, independently of it...
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| Pegasus Mail | ||||
| KMail | ||||
| Mutt | ||||
| Netscape Mail & Newsgroups | ||||
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| x News client | Mozilla Thunderbird |
A newsreader is an application program that reads articles on Usenet (generally known as newsgroup), either directly from the news server's disks or via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP).
Newsreaders that help users to adhere to the...
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| Wizz RSS News Reader | ||||
| Sylpheed | ||||
| Netscape Mail & Newsgroups | ||||