Sometimes, a format is defined de facto by the behavior of the program that accesses the file. If there is no specification available, a developer might reverse engineer the format by inspecting files in that …

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. [1]: 3 This software is used to increase the …

System software is software that provides a platform for other software. [1] Examples include the kernel and device drivers of an operating system (OS). [2] A program that runs in the context of the platform …

Tag Image File Format[1] or Tagged Image File Format, [2] commonly known by the abbreviations TIFF or TIF, is an image file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the …

The certification procedure assesses a number of digital readiness factors, such as the availability of the paperwork required for online operations, the user's familiarity with software and technology, the …

Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient …

Here is an excerpt from the 1950 book High-Speed Computing Devices: [8] The use of automatic computing equipment for large-scale reduction of data will be strikingly successful only if means are …

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (1999) is a book by Charles Petzold that seeks to teach how personal computers work at a hardware and software level.