A computer program; a computer application. All computer programs are software. Usage of the two words together is redundant, but very common. Occasionally, this two-word term is used in this encyclopedia for emphasis and clarification.
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- Virtual Album Maker Standard 1.49 (Windows)
- Virtual Album Maker Standard allows you to organize, protect and share your personal photos as a 3D album, giving you the impression that you turn the pages of a real album. The program, in practice, is a very easy to use software, providing you the possibility to add music to...
- Software downloads 2009-11-23
- 1st Mac Mailer 3.6 (Mac)
- 1st Mac Mailer is mass-mailing software used by various e-commerce providers to deliver personalized email messages to their customers when they are needed to be notified about different events. These e-notifications vary from simple email notifications about product updates or new product releases to more complex newsletters and invoices. If...
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- Little Registry Cleaner Portable Edition 1.4.0.1 (Windows)
- Little Registry Cleaner is an open source program designed for Windows Registry. Its purpose is to remove obsolete or unwanted items that build up in the registry over time in order to improve the stability and performance of your computer. These items may include un-needed or inaccurate entries left behind...
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- Jacknife 1.2.9 (Mac)
- Jacknife is versatile enterprise software for businesses and organizations. It includes several specific types of programs and you may choose which to use simply by selecting a program type in settings. Jacknife Studio is ideal for studios of all kinds, including dance, gymnastics, and karate studios. It...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Excel Invoice Manager Pro 2.14.1017 (Windows)
- Excel Invoice Manager Pro is a flexible billing software/invoice software is based on Excel form/template. The Pro edition of the billing software/invoice software is a superb billing/invoicing program for various small to medium businesses. Easy-to-customize invoice form based on Excel template, customizable database structure supported by Database Designer. The search...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- myApps 2.2 (Mac)
- myApps is a clear program, crafted with attention to detail, for storing and organizing software serial numbers, license files and attachments like .pdf files or mails. myApps helps you to keep track of all important information of all your purchased software (tools, services, widgets etc.) in a straight forward and...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Barcode Generator & Overprinter 6.4.5 (Windows)
- If you need to batch generate barcode label and overprint a barcode/text on preprinted blank labels, cards, forms, etc. Barcode Generator & Overprinter can satisfy your requirement, just need a few quick mouse motions to set the print position, you can print barcodes on any preprinted forms, and you also...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist
- Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Ashampoo UnInstaller 4.03 (Windows)
- Windows is famous for getting more sluggish the more you use it. One reason for this is that many programs leave your computer full of digital garbage when you remove them. Every time you try out a new program and then uninstall it your system gets more and more clogged...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Fox CD Extractor 1.4 (Windows)
- FoxCD Extractor is a program designed to perform many tasks audio related. It deals essentially with ripping and converting audio files which is to say you can turn your music collection piled up into a mountain of CDs into an MP3 collection easily available on your hard drive at high...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- TimeComX 1.1.9 (Windows)
- TimeComX is a small and resource-friendly automation program, that can put your computer into different states after specified time or by a lower deviation of network and processor usage activity. Following options are availabe: Restart, Shutdown, Log Off, Hibernation & Suspend Mode + Wake Up, Play any type of audio-file,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Alchemy Network Inventory 8.4 (Windows)
- Network Administrators use this tool to inventory computers in the corporate networks for the software and hardware configuration, generate software licenses reports, etc. The program does not require the client module to be installed on each individual workstation, but can be configured to inventory all network computers by only copying...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Mozilla locks out rogue Firefox add-ons
- Firefox has conquered IEIt is evident that Firefox free has conquered IE, plus the fact the majority of sites work regardless of browser.The days of this old bait & switch from MS are over.But I thought the whole point behind "open source"......was to allow ANYONE to put code in their...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- AntiSpam Sniper Pro 3.3 (Windows)
- Keep your e-mail clean and safe! E-mail has become an indispensable system of communication for the average man not to mention its importance in the business area. However, where there's a light there's also a switch - the high percentage of spam over the last years has sometimes made e-mail...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Hermetic Stego 8.04 (Windows)
- Hermetic Stego is a steganography program which allows you to encrypt and hide the contents of any data file in another file so that the addition of the data to the container file will not noticeably change the appearance of that file. If the file which has been hidden is...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Rental Vision 10.1 (Windows)
- Rental Vision is up to date Windows point of sale software for managing your rental store. Fancy Dress Costume Rental, Garden Equipment Hire, Electrical Equipment Hire, Cycle Hire, Dress Hire, Glass Rental and Toy Rental are just some of the possible uses-- just about any rental store will be able...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Purchasing Manager 7.0.4 (Windows)
- This purchase order software gives you the ability to create and manage purchase orders with a few clicks, Track vendors, and ordered items using custom created categories, order templates, expense accounts, and item fields. Purchasing Manager builds databases of POs, vendors, and items as you order, making re-ordering quick and...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Oligo 7.27 (Mac)
- OLIGO is a multi-functional program that searches for and selects oligonucleotides from a sequence file for polymerase chain reaction PCR, DNA sequencing, site-directed mutagenesis, and various hybridization applications. It calculates hybridization temperature and secondary structure of oligonucleotides based on the nearest neighbor thermodynamic values.It is also a good tool for...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- LitePXP 6.80 (Windows)
- LitePXP is a small program that can run PHP pages from CD/DVD's. The features are place the website files on the subfolder called "www", Launch LitePXP.exe, The program window will display the respective page, This software is mostly orientated for "lite" sites, Full PHP 5 and Zend Optimizer 3 support
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Photo Pos Pro 1.76 (Windows)
- Photo Pos Pro allows you easily create, edit, enhance, print, and manipulate your digital photos and computer graphics, and easily create eye-catching graphics, beautiful collages, greeting cards, business cards, website designs, buttons and much more. Though the Photo Pos Pro photo editor is a powerful program, it contains an extremely...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
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