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  2. Software - Wikipedia

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    07R01, an integrated circuit by Motorola.Integrated circuits were an essential enabling invention allowing the creation of software. A host of earlier inventions were necessary for the creation of software, including mathematics—especially binary and decimal number systems, and zero—alphabets, writing, mechanical calculators, boolean algebra, transistors, integrated circuits, and plastics.

  3. Software engineering - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Software engineering is an engineering approach to software development. [1] [2] [3] A practitioner, a software engineer, applies the engineering design process to develop software. The terms programmer and coder overlap software engineer, but they imply only the construction aspect of typical software engineer workload.

  4. Software categories - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft TechNet and AIS Software categories. This classification has seven major elements. They are: platform and management, education and reference, home and entertainment, content and communication, operations and professional, product manufacturing and service delivery, and line of business . Platform and management— Desktop and network ...

  5. History of software - Wikipedia

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    Category. Software is a set of programmed instructions stored in the memory of stored-program digital computers for execution by the processor. Software is a recent development in human history and is fundamental to the Information Age . Ada Lovelace 's programs for Charles Babbage 's Analytical Engine in the 19th century are often considered ...

  6. Agile software development - Wikipedia

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    Outlines. v. t. e. Agile software development is the mindset for developing software that derives from values agreed upon by The Agile Alliance, a group of 17 software practitioners in 2001. As documented in their Manifesto for Agile Software Development the practitioners value: [1] Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.

  7. Outline of software - Wikipedia

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    Software – collection of computer programs and related data that provides the information for the functioning of a computer. It is held in various forms of memory of the computer. It comprises procedures, algorithms, and documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system. The term was coined to contrast to the term ...

  8. Lean software development - Wikipedia

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    Lean software development is a translation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the software development domain. Adapted from the Toyota Production System, [1] it is emerging with the support of a pro-lean subculture within the agile community. Lean offers a solid conceptual framework, values and principles, as well as good ...

  9. Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and uses learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals.