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As nouns the difference between software and versionitis

is that software is encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware while versionitis is a situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.

software

English

Noun

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  • (computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware.
  • * 1958 , John W. Tukey, "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" in The American Mathematical Monthly , vol. 65, no. 1 (Jan. 1958), pp 1-9:
    • The "software " comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its "hardware" of tubes, transistors, wires, tapes and the like.
  • * 1995 , Paul Niquette, Softword: Provenance for the Word ‘Software’ :
    • As originally conceived, the word "software " was merely an obvious way to distinguish a program from the computer itself. A program comprised sequences of changeable instructions each having the power to command the behavior of the permanently crafted machinery, the "hardware."

    Usage notes

    Software'' is a mass noun (''some software'', ''a piece of software''). By non-native speakers it is sometimes erroneously treated as a countable noun (''a software'', ''some softwares ).

    Hyponyms

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    Related terms

    * adware * bloatware * firmware * freeware * hardware * malware * schlockware * shareware * spyware * vaporware * wetware

    See also

    * application * assembly * assembler * bug * code * coding * compilation * compiler * debugging * interpreter * linking * linker * open source * patch * programming * script * utilities * warez

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    versionitis

    English

    Noun

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  • (computing, informal) A situation in which there are many different (and possibly incompatible) versions of the same software, file or document.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing)#Detectionhttp://libreofficeaustralia.org/lt/community/blog/planet/20110406/versionitishttp://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=9606&page=2http://fppad.com/2008/02/11/suffering-from-versionitis
  • * 1992 , InfoWorld (volume 14, number 33, page 92)
    • This helps companies maintain an honest relationship with the software publisher and protects against versionitis .
  • * 2004 , Joel Henry, Software project management: a real-world guide to success
    • Versionitis exists when the team is using multiple versions of the same software Integration of modules can be a nightmare when a project catches versionitis.
  • * 2011 , Bud E. Smith, Michael McCallister, WordPress in depth (page 455)
    • The Handbook can suffer from versionitis ; at this writing, the Handbook is one release behind the current version of the software, making it out of date in parts.

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