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1Software copyright — Software copyright, the relatively recent extension of copyright law to machine readable software. It is used by proprietary software companies to prevent the unauthorized copying of their software. It is also used by proponents of open source… …
2Software cracking — is the modification of software to remove or disable features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software, usually related to protection methods: copy protection, trial/demo version, serial number, hardware key, date… …
3Software patent debate — is the argument dealing with the extent to which it should be possible to patent software and computer implemented inventions as a matter of public policy. Policy debate on software patents has been active for years. [Cite book |last=Nichols… …
4Protected mode — This article is about an x86 processor mode. For Internet Explorer Protected Mode, see Mandatory Integrity Control. x86 processor modes Mode First supported Real mode Intel 8086 8080 emulation mode NEC …
5Software patent — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …
6Software license — A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage) is a legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software. A typical software license grants an end user permission to use one or more copies of… …
7Software protection dongle — This article is about the software protection devices. Dongle can also refer to, e.g., serial ports, USB flash drives, wireless networking devices, USB Mobile broadband modems. Daisy chained parallel port copy protection dongles. A software… …
8Software transactional memory — In computer science, software transactional memory (STM) is a concurrency control mechanism analogous to database transactions for controlling access to shared memory in concurrent computing. It is an alternative to lock based synchronization. A… …
9The Suffering (video game) — Infobox VG title=The Suffering caption= developer=Surreal Software publisher=Midway Games designer=Richard Rouse III (Lead Designer and Writer) Andre Maguire (Lead Level Designer) engine=Riot Engine (Proprietary) released=PlayStation 2, Xbox… …
10The Settlers IV — Infobox VG| title = The Settlers IV developer = Blue Byte Software publisher = Blue Byte Software designer = engine = released = July 1, 2001 genre = Real Time Strategy modes = Single player, Multiplayer ratings = ELSPA: 3+, OFLC: PG platforms =… …
