On 22/07/13 03:15, Adam Bolte wrote:
I wouldn't define music or video as software either, for the same
reasons - even though these are commonly distributed on CD or DVD.
People do define music and video as "software", though:
"Software means /computer instructions or data/. Anything that can be
stored electronically is software, in contrast to storage devices and
display devices which are called hardware."
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/software.html
"soft.ware noun
2.anything that is not hardware but is used with hardware, especially
audiovisual materials, as film, tapes, records, etc.: a studio fully
equipped but lacking software.
3.Television Slang. prepackaged materials, as movies or reruns, used to
fill out the major part of a station's program schedule."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/software?s=t
"software n 2. (Electronics) video cassettes and discs for use with a
particular video system (Collins English Dictionary)
software n 2. any material requiring the use of mechanical or electrical
equipment, esp. audiovisual material such as film, tapes, or records.
(Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary)"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/software
"Definition of SOFTWARE b: materials for use with audiovisual equipment"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/software
Fonts are definitely not a software program, although some software
and document files such as PDFs may optionally include them.
That depends on the format. Some fonts are instructions to a font
renderer, and therefore definitely are a software program in a defined
font language.
Regards,
Andrew
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Andrew Pam <[email protected]>
Manager, Serious Cybernetics http://sericyb.com.au/
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