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2. Patch (computing) - Wikipedia

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   A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. [1] [2] A patch may be created to improve functionality, usability, or performance. A patch is typically provided by a vendor for updating the software that they provide.

3. Smoke testing (software) - Wikipedia

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   In computer programming and software testing, smoke testing (also confidence testing, sanity testing, [1] build verification test (BVT) [2] [3] [4] and build acceptance test) is preliminary testing or sanity testing to reveal simple failures severe enough to, for example, reject a prospective software release.

4. Firmware - Wikipedia

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   Ascher Opler used the term firmware in a 1967 Datamation article, as an intermediary term between "hardware" and "software". Opler projected that fourth-generation computer systems would have a writable control store (a small specialized high-speed memory) into which microcode firmware would be loaded.

5. R (programming language) - Wikipedia

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   R is a programming language for statistical computing and data visualization.It has been adopted in the fields of data mining, bioinformatics, and data analysis. [9]The core R language is augmented by a large number of extension packages, containing reusable code, documentation, and sample data.

6. Wizard (software) - Wikipedia

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   A software wizard or setup assistant or multi-step form is a user interface that leads a user through a sequence of small steps, [1] [2] like a dialog box to configure a program for the first time. They are used to make complex, unfamiliar tasks easier by breaking it into smaller pieces.

7. Software architecture - Wikipedia

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   Software architecture is the set of structures needed to reason about a software system and the discipline of creating such structures and systems. Each structure comprises software elements, relations among them, and properties of both elements and relations.

8. Computer hardware - Wikipedia

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   The universal Turing machine was a type of stored-program computer capable of mimicking the operations of any Turing machine (computer model) based on the software instructions passed to it. The storage of computer programs is key to the operation of modern computers and is the connection between computer hardware and software. [7]

9. State (computer science) - Wikipedia

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   In information technology and computer science, a system is described as stateful if it is designed to remember preceding events or user interactions; [1] the remembered information is called the state of the system.