Software is the term applied to any set of instructions carried out automatically by a computer. The most familiar type of software is a software application, which is a set of instructions, or a number of instructions sets used together, designed to meet a particular need or related set of needs (e.g. a document editor, a movie player, a website browser, etc.)
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Is the source of the phrase "smoke test" electronic hardware testing?
As an electronics engineer I always knew that smoke test originated from the moment you connect a new circuit to power for the first time and see the smoke doesn't come out. Wikipedia agrees with that
In Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Cem…
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Is the MacKeeper software service a scam?
This question is based on this question recently asked on Ask Different. The long and short of it is, the original poster recently purchased a copy of MacKeeper and was then contacted by phone by someone claiming to be a part of the MacKeeper team…
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Do off-the-shelf software products which claim to "Clean Your PC" work?
It's these incessant commercials I always see on my TV. "Install our product, and we will make your PC up to 100% faster!" Then they usually go through a few customer use cases (typically involving elderly folk) about how they installed it and found…
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Is the Windows 10 upgrade event the largest upgrade event?
I got an e-mail from Microsoft about my Windows 10 reservation.
It's lacking free-hand circles, but the message is clear. Microsoft states it's the largest software upgrade event ever. Are there any numbers to back-up this claim or to prove it's…
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