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.NET Compact Framework (.NET CF)
.NET Data Provider
3-D Software
9wm
A Programming Language (APL)
Abandonware
Abnormal End (ABEND)
Absolute Cell Reference
Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)
Abstraction
Academic Retail Software
Accelerometer
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Access Method
Accounting Software
ACD Canvas
Acrylic
Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
Active Server Pages (ASP pages)
ActiveMovie
ActiveX
ActiveX Control
Ad Hoc Polymorphism
Adaptive Software
Add-In
Address Book
Address Resolution Protocol Spoofing (ARP Spoofing)
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Audition
Adware
Affiliate Reporting Service
After Power Failure
After-Sales Support
Agent
Agile Software Development
Aliasing
Alpha Test
Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
Android
Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
Android Device
Android Fragmentation
Android Gingerbread
Android Jelly Bean
Android Platform
Android SDK
Anonymity Network
Anonymous (Computing)
Anti-Adware
Anti-Malware
Anti-Spyware (apyware)
Anti-Virus Killer (AV Killer)
Anti-Virus Software
Antialiasing
Apache Ant
Apache Hadoop
Apache Subversion
Apache Web Server
App
Appliance Computing
Application Client
Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
Application Development Environment (ADE)
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Application Log
Application Portability
Application Portfolio
Application Programming Interface (API)
Application Service Provider (ASP)
Application Software
Application Suite
Application Virtualization
Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF)
Array Formula
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
Assembler
Astronomical Markup Language (AML)
Attribute
Audio Home Recording Act (AHRA)
Authorized Education Reseller (AER)
Auto Dialer
AutoCAD
Autodesk Animator
Autodesk Inventor
Autodiscovery
Automated Health Practice Management
Automated Merchandising
Automated Treatment Plan
Automatic Summarization
Azure Service Platform
Back Office Application
Backup
Backup and Recovery
Backward Compatible
Bait Apps
Baitware
Bake-Off
Banner Rotator
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
Batch Processing
Bayesian Filter
Beggarware
Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
Bespoke Software
Beta Culture
Betaware
Billing Software
Binary Data
BitComet
BitTorrent Client
Black Box Testing
BlackBerry OS
Blaster Worm
Bloatware
Bootleg
Bootstrap
Bourne Shell (sh)
Breakpoint
Broadcast Flag
Brooks' Law
Brownfield
Buffer Overflow
Bug Bounty
Bug Tracking
Build
Bundled Software
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
Business Intelligence Dashboard (BI Dashboard)
Business Intelligence Software (BI Software)
Business Rule Engine (BRE)
Business Services Provider (BSP)
Business Software
Business Web Transaction Processing (BWTP)
Business-Driven Development (BDD)
BusyBox
Cache
Cakewalk Application Language (CAL)
Call Center Suite
Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Careware
Caspio Bridge
Castanet
CCleaner
Cell
Change Data Capture (CDC)
Charms Bar
Chernobyl Virus
Choke Worm
Chroma Key
Chrome Canary
Citrix XenServer
Clean Install
Click Fraud
Clickwrap Agreement
Client Access License (CAL)
Clip Art
Clippy
Clonezilla
Cloud Application Programming Interface (Cloud API)
Cloud Capitalist
Cloud Operating System (Cloud OS)
Cloud Portability
Cloud Testing
CloudAV
Code Crash
Code Review
Code Signing
Codebase
Collaboration Software
Color Saturation
Command (.CMD)
Command Line
Comment
Commerce Server
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
Common Short Code (CSC)
Communication Software
Companion Virus
Compile
Compiler
Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers And Humans Apart (CAPTCHA)
Component Flow Diagram
Composite Applications
Computational Origami
Computer
Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT)
Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA)
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
Computer Ontology
Computer Repair
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
Computer-Aided Software Testing (CAST)
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
Concatenation
Concurrent Version System (CVS)
Concurrent Versions System (CVS)
Conformance
Connected Standby
Contact Manager
Container
Content Filtering
Contextual Collaboration Software
Contextual Menu
Contingency Plan
Continuous Delivery (CD)
Continuous Integration (CI)
Control Panel
Control Program For Microcomputers (CP/M)
Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)
Convention Over Configuration
Converged Infrastructure
Copy Protection
Course Management System (CMS)
CPU Interrupt Code (CIC)
Crack
Crapware
Crash to Desktop (CTD)
Creeper Virus
Creeping Featuritis
Crippleware
Critical Path Method (CPM)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Crudware
Cupcake
Customer Analytics
Customer Facing
Customer Support
Cyberlaw
Cydia
Cygwin
Daily Build and Smoke Test (DBST)
Dalvik
Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS)
Data Hiding
Data Management
Data Miner
Data Replay
Data Security
Death by Tweakage (DBT)
Debian GNU/Linux
Debug
Debugger
Debugging
Defensive Patent
Demo (Demo Scene and Demo Party)
Dependency Hell
Deployment
Deprecation
Design Reuse
Desktop
Desktop Administration (DA)
Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
Desktop Environment (DE)
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Desktop Mode
Destructive Trojan
Device Driver
Dialog Box
Digital Asset
Digital Dolly
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Digital Signature
Digitize
Direct Deposit
Direct Response Marketing
Disassembler
Disco
Disk Image
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Distributed Database Management System (DDBMS)
Distributed Development
Distribution
Distro
Donationware
Dongle
Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)
Driver Development Kit (DDK)
DRM-Free
Duplication Bug (Dupe Bug)
Dynamic Content
Dynamic Smart Cooling
E-Commerce Advisor (E-Com Advisor)
Early Launch Anti-Malware (ELAM)
Easter Egg
Eclipse Foundation
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)
Electronic Book (E-Book)
Electronic Patient Release of Information Form
Electronic Retailing (E-Tailing)
Elegant Solution
Emergent Gameplay
Emulation
Encoding
Encrypting File System (EFS)
End-to-End Test
End-User License Agreement (EULA)
Endurance Testing
Engine
Enterprise Application (EA)
Enterprise Architecture (EA)
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Enterprise Decision Management (EDM)
Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM)
Enterprise Information System Tier (EIS)
Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP System)
Enterprise Software Architecture
Entity Relationship Model (ER Model)
European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD)
Event
Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
Exadata
Exception
Executive Support System (ESS)
Exit Routine
Exokernel
Extreme Programming (XP)
Facial Recognition Software
Fair Dealing
Fair Use
False Positive
Fanboy
Fast User Switching
Fatal Exception
Fatware
Feature Creep
Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)
Federated Identity Management (FIM)
Federation Against Software Theft (FAST)
Fedora
File Allocation Table (FAT)
File Allocation Table 32 (FAT32)
File Explorer
Financial Information System (FIS)
Financial Software
Fire Fighting
Firefox Sync
Firmware
First Person Shooter (FPS)
First Sale Doctrine
Flash Player
Forklift Upgrade
Form
Frag
Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)
Free Software
Free Software Foundation (FSF)
FreeBSD
Freenet
Freeware
Front Office Application
Frost
Fuduntu
Functional Specification (FS)
Gingerbread
Globalization Management System (GMS)
Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)
Glueware
GNU
GNU General Public License (GPL)
GNU GRUB
GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME)
GNU Project
Gnutella
Gold Code
Google Bookmarks
Google Data Liberation Front
Google Health
Google Toolbar
Grace Hopper
Graffiti
Graphics Device Interface + (GDI+)
Greenware
Guard Band
Guest Operating System (Guest OS)
Guest Virtual Machine (Guest VM)
Hacktivism
Hard Disk Loading
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
Help System
Helper Application
Heroku
Heuristic
Hexadecimal
Honeypot
Host Operating System
Host Virtual Machine (Host VM)
Host-Based Modem
Hosted Application
Hosted Software
Hybrid Boot
Hypervisor
IceWM
Imaging Software
In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI)
Index (IDX)
Information Management System (IMS)
Information System (IS)
Insert
Installation Restore Point
Integer
Integrated Threat Management (ITM)
Integration Middleware
Integration Testing
Intelligent Agent
Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA)
IntelliPoint
Intentional Software
Interaction Design (IxD)
Interactive Video (IV)
Internet Explorer (IE)
Internet Software Piracy
Interoperability Testing
Interrupt Request (IRQ)
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
IP Storage (IPS)
iPhone Killer
IT Cost Transparency
Iteration
Iteration Planning
Iterative and Incremental Development
Iterative Development
ITunes
Jailbreak
Jailbreak App
Java
Java Applet
Java ME WTK
Java Media Framework (JMF)
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
JavaBeans
JFlow
Jukex
Just Enough Operating System (JeOS)
K Desktop Environment (KDE)
Kaizen
Keep It Simple Stupid Principle (KISS Principle)
Ken's Law
Kernel
Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Keyboard Wedge
Keylogger
Killer Application (Killer App)
Kindle
Kriz Virus
L0phtcrack
LAN Manager
LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM)
Landscape
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Lazy Loading
License
License Manager
Lightweight Thread
Linux
Linux Console Terminal
Linux Mint
Liteware
Load Balancer
Load Testing
Logical OR Symbol
Longevity Testing
Mac OS (Classic)
Mac OS X
Mac OS X Lion
Mac Terminal
Machine Binding
Machine Learning
Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS)
Macro
Make
Malicious Software (Malware)
Managed Document Service (MDS)
Manual Page (Man Page)
MapReduce
Marshalling
Mashboard
Maven
Media Layer
Memory Leak
Memory Management
Menu Bar
Mercury LoadRunner
Message Queue
Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
Method Stub
Metro
MH Message Handling System
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS)
Microsoft Enterprise Library
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC Library)
Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
Microsoft Hyper-V (MS Hyper V)
Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC)
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Private Cloud (MS Private Cloud)
Microsoft Secure Boot
Microsoft Volume Licensing
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Word
Middleware
MIDlet
Millennium Research Project
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
MinWin
Mnemonic
Mobile Application (Mobile App)
Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC)
Mobile Games
Mobile Middleware
Mobile Operating System (Mobile OS)
Mobile Software Management (MSM)
Mobipocket Reader
Mode
Model View Controller (MVC)
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)
Modified Off-The-Shelf (MOTS)
Modular
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle)
Modularity
Module
Moniker
Monitoring Software
Mountain Lion
Multi-Processing
Multitasking
Mutation Testing
My Windows Phone
MySQL
Nagware
Named User License
Native Code
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
NetBeans
Network Basic Input Output System (NetBIOS)
Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)
Network Operating System (NOS)
New Product Development (NPD)
New Technology File System (NTFS)
Nodezilla
Nonproprietary Software
Obfuscation
Object Code
Object Request Broker (ORB)
Object Transaction Service (OTS)
Object-Oriented Modeling (OOM)
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
ObjectDock
Obsolete
On-Demand Software
On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP)
On-Premises Software
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Open Document Format (ODF)
Open Enterprise Server (OES)
Open Software Foundation (OSF)
Open Source
Open Source Hardening Project
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
Open-Source Software (OSS)
Openbox
Openmoko
OpenSUSE
Operating System (OS)
Operating System Power Management (OSPM)
Operating System Virtualization (OS Virtualization)
Operational Testing
Oracle Beehive
Original Equipment Manufacturer Unbundling (OEM Unbundling)
orkut
Orphan File
Packet Capture
Parallax Scrolling
Parallel Processing Software
Parameter (param)
Paravirtualized Operating System
Password Sniffer
Patch Tuesday
Patent Pending
Patent Troll
Pay to Play (P2P)
Personal Information Manager (PIM)
Pervasive Computing
Picasa
Pigs and Chickens
Piracy
Planned Obsolescence
Planning Board
Platform Agnostic
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)
Point of Sale (POS)
Policy Awareness
Pop-Up Blocker
Portability
Portable Software
Portal Application
Porting
Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)
Power-On Self Test (POST)
Practice Management Software (PMS)
Preemptive Multitasking
Print Queue
Problem Program
Procedure
Product Activation
Production Environment
Production Grade
Professional Services Automation (PSA)
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
Programming Tool
Project Management Software
PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2)
Proprietary Software
Prototype
Pseudocode
Public Key
Quality In, Quality Out (QIQO)
Quality of Experience (QoE)
Quality Systems Regulations (QS)
Query By Example (QBE)
Query Optimizer
QuickTime
Ransomware
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Raw Data
Real-Time Business Intelligence (RTBI or Real-Time BI)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Red Screen of Death
RedFang
Refactoring
Regression Testing
Relational Model
Release Management
Remote Control (RC)
Remote Control Software
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop ActiveX Control
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Reverse Engineering
Riak
Rich Internet Application (RIA)
Ringtone
Robust File Copy (Robocopy)
RocketDock
Role-Based Security
Rootkit
Rosetta
Route File
Router Firmware
RSA Identification Verification for Health Care
Rsync
Ruby
Run Time
Runtime Error
Runtime Program
Samba
Same Old Software as a Service (SoSaaS)
Sandbox
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI)
Sargeable
Scalability
Scalable Agile
ScanDisk
Scareware
Scheduler
Screen Scraping
Scrum
Scrum Master
Scrum Sprint
Scumware
Seat
Seat Management
Security Information Management (SIM)
Semi-Structured Data
Server Software
Service Migration
Service Pack (SP)
Servlet Life Cycle
Session State
Shareware
Shell
Shotgun Debugging
Shrink Wrap
Silicon Valley
Simple Directmedia Layer
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments (SPICE)
Simple Web Indexing System For Humans (SWISH)
Single Chip Cloud Computer
Single Point of Failure (SPOF)
Single Unix Specification
Siri
Skeuomorphism
Skunkworks
Skype
SlideRocket
Slimeware
Smoke Testing
Social Software
Social Spreadsheet
Socket
Softcooling
Softlifting
Software
Software Agent
Software Architecture
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software Asset Management (SAM)
Software Configuration Management (SCM)
Software Development
Software Development Kit (SDK)
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Software Development Life Cycle Model (SDLC)
Software Development Process
Software Engineer
Software Engineering
Software Framework
Software Hang
Software Library
Software License Agreement
Software Licensing
Software Life Cycle
Software Metric
Software Piracy
Software Plus Services
Software Propagation
Software Protection Dongle
Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
Software Security
Software Stack
Software Switch
Software Testing
Software Versioning
Solaris
Sole Source Procurement
Source Code
Source Code Manager (SCM)
Space Shifting
Spam Blocker
Spamware
Speech-to-Text Software
Spike
Spreadsheet
Sprite Effects
Spyware
SQL Profiler
SRWare Iron
Standard Operating Environment (SOE)
Standard Template Library (STL)
State Diagram
Static Testing
Static Verification
Stock Photo
Storage Area Network File System (SAN File System)
Storage Management Software
Storage Resource Management (SRM)
Stovepipe Application
Straw Man
Stream Recorder
Stress Testing
Structured Analysis
Structured Programming
Stuxnet
Sun Cloud
Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE)
Sun Workshop Teamware
Superbill
Supervisor Call
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Swap File
Swivel Chair Interface
Synchronize and Stabilize
System Checkpoint
System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
System Integration Testing (SIT)
System Object Model (SOM)
System Software
Talking Translator
Tcpdump
Terminal Emulation
Test Automation
Text For Banner
The Onion Router (Tor)
Three-Tier Application
Three-Tier Architecture
Throbber
Tiger
Title Bar
Toaster
Tokenization
Tombstoned
Toolbar
Transaction Per Second
Trojan Dialer
Trojan Horse
Trouble Ticket
Turbulenz
Turing Test
Tweak Freak
Tweaking
Ubuntu
Undelete
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Unified Process (UP)
Uninstaller
Unit Test
Unity
Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
Unix
Upgrade (UPG)
Usability
Use Case
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
User Agent (UA)
User Interface (UI)
Value Added Reseller (VAR)
Vaporware
Variable (Mathematics)
Variational Graphics Extended (VGX)
Veepers
Vendorware
Vertical Enterprise Portal (VEP)
Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM)
Virtual Device Driver (VxD)
Virtual Floppy Disk
Virtual Honeypot
Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Virtual Router
Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (VSMP)
Virtualization
Virtualization Manager
Virtualization Stack
Virus
VisiCalc
Visual Basic (VB)
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
VMware
VMware ESX
Vmware Fusion
Vmware Player
Vmware Server
VMware Thinapp
VMware VCenter Server
VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMware VMFS)
VMware Workstation
Vocabulary Management Solution (VMS)
Voice Recognition
Voice Search
Voice Web Application Platform (VWAP)
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Vulcan Nerve Pinch
Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation
Vulnerability Scanning
Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Warez
Watchdog Timer (WDT)
Waterfall Model
Waveform
WaveMaker
Weaponized Patent
Web Browser
Web Collaboration
Web Log Client (Blog Client)
Web Log Software
Web Page (page)
Web Workers
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
Webware
Weenix
What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)
White-Box Testing
Wideband Voice
Widget
Window Manager
Windows 2000 (W2K)
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant
Windows Azure
Windows Embedded
Windows Image Management (WIM)
Windows Live
Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Writer
Windows Mobile
Windows on ARM (WOA)
Windows RT
Windows Server
Windows Sockets (Winsock)
Windows To Go
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows XP ICS Internet Gateway
Windows XP Network Bridge
Wirth's Law
Word Processing (WP)
Word Processor
Word Wrap
WordPerfect
Work Flow
Workaround
Workgroup Productivity Package
Worm
Wrapper
X Client
X Window System
X.Org Foundation
x86 Architecture
Xenodochial
Zenware
Zero Administration for Windows (ZAW)
Zombie Cookie
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