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KTouch – Introduction

KTouch is a software application written for the KDE SC desktop environment that drills students in the method of touch typing. It comes with lessons for many different keyboard layouts across many different languages. It also has exercises for learning to use a number pad. As the user types, it keeps real-time statistics of how [...]

Mozilla – Introduction

”Mozilla” is a term used in a number of ways. Currently it is associated with Mozilla Corporation’s browser named Firefox. Originally, it was related to, the now-defunct Netscape Communications Corporation and its browser application software, including the Mozilla.org group and the Mozilla Foundation. The term ”Mozilla” originally was used for three distinct entities: * the [...]

Citrix Online – Introduction

Citrix Online is a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. that sells Web-based remote access, support, and collaboration software and services. Its products are GoToMyPC, GoToAssist, GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar. Citrix Online is considered a key example of the software as a service/application service provider software business model. The division is based in Santa Barbara, California. Adapted [...]

Association of Shareware Professionals – Introduction

Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) is a professional association for authors of shareware computer software. It was formed in April 1987, and as of 2007, it describes itself as the world’s #1 trade organization for independent software developers and vendors. The ASP developed and maintain the Portable Application Description (PAD) format used to allow software [...]

Plug-in (computing) – Introduction

plug-in is a set of software components that adds specific capabilities to a larger software application. If supported, plug-ins enable customizing the functionality of an application. For example, plug-ins are commonly used in web browsers to play video, scan for viruses, and display new file types. The image on the right is a screenshot of [...]

MKS Integrity – Introduction

MKS Integrity is an application lifecycle management platform developed by MKS Inc. and was first released in 2001. The software is client/server, with both desktop (java/swing) and web client interfaces. It provides software development organizations with a collaborative environment in which they can manage the end-to-end processes of development, from requirements management, revision control, and [...]

Process-driven application – Introduction

process-driven application is a software application that is driven by an underlying process engine where the process can be exposed and reused. In effect all applications are process-driven and the logic of any application can be extrapolated into a flowchart to represent the logical process of execution. Process-driven applications are a growing trend in enterprise [...]

Message-oriented middleware – Introduction

Message-oriented middleware (MOM) is infrastructure focused on sending and receiving messages that allows application modules to be distributed over heterogeneous platforms. It reduces the complexity of developing applications that span multiple operating systems and network protocols by insulating the application developer from the details of the various operating system and network interfaces. API’s that extend [...]

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition – Introduction

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition or Java EE is a widely used platform for server programming in the Java programming language. The Java platform (Enterprise Edition) differs from the Java Standard Edition Platform (Java SE) in that it adds libraries which provide functionality to deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, multi-tier Java software, based largely on modular components running [...]

EPAM Systems – Introduction

EPAM Systems is a USA/Belarus-based provider of offshore software engineering outsourcing services with software development centers located in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Hungary. The company maintains European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, with support and delivery operations in Frankfurt, Germany, Stockholm, Sweden, Zurich, Switzerland, and London, UK. EPAM provides software application and product development, re-engineering, implementation, [...]

Software appliance – Introduction

software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware (typically a server) or in a virtual machine. Virtual appliances are a subset of software appliances. The main distinction is the packaging format and the specificity of the target platform. A [...]

Bleeping Computer – Community

Members, Volunteers and Staff As of 24 July, there are 373,262 registered members, of which the vast majority are ‘regular’ members. However, a significant proportion of the membership also includes members who work for the site, in varied roles, as volunteers. Some examples of such volunteer roles are the Malware Response Team and Trainees and [...]

Client (computing) – Introduction

client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network. The term was first applied to devices that were not capable of running their own stand-alone programs, but could interact with remote computers via a network. These dumb terminals were clients [...]

Best Coding Practices – Introduction

Best coding practices for software development can be broken into many levels based on the coding language, the platform, the target environment and so forth. Using best practices for a given situation greatly reduces the probability of introducing errors into your applications, regardless of which software development model is being used to create that application. [...]









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