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ODW 5.3
Our Digital World 5.3
Term | Definition |
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software development life cycle (SDLC) | The general flow of creating a new software product; includes performing market research and business analysis, creating a plan and budget for implementing the software, programming, testing, releasing to the public, and then debugging the software. |
alpha version | The first stage of testing a software product. |
beta version | The second stage of testing a software product. |
release to manufacturing (RTM) version | A final version of the software with all identified bugs reconciled so that the software can be duplicated and sold to the public or deployed to internal users. |
bug | A computer industry term for a flaw or failure in software that causes it not to work as intended. |
packaged software | Software saved to a physical medium such as a DVD and sold in a box or other package. |
software suite | A collection of productivity software applications sold as one package that use tools common to all the products in the suite. |
web-based software | Software that is hosted on an online provider’s website; you access it over the Internet using your browser. This type of software is not installed on your computer. |
cloud computing | A model of delivery in which software is hosted on a provider’s website and you access it over the Internet using a browser; the source application software does not have to be installed in order to use the software. Also called utility computing. |
software as a service (SaaS) | A software delivery model where a provider licenses an application to customers to use as a service on demand. |
freeware | Software that is made available to use free of charge. |
shareware | Software for which you pay a small fee. |
source code | The programming code used to build a software product. |
open source software | A type of software whose source code can be used, edited, and distributed by anybody. |
software on demand | A software delivery model where a provider licenses an application to customers to use as a service on demand. Also called software as a service (SaaS). |
GNU General Public License | A policy that specifies polices about creating open source software, including that source code has to be made available to all users and developers. |