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2. Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is simultaneously considered both free software and open-source software. [5] The precise definition of the terms "free software" and "open-source software" applies them to any software distributed under terms that allow users to use, modify, and redistribute said software in any manner they see fit, without requiring ...

3. Software bug - Wikipedia

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   Agile software development may involve frequent software releases with relatively small changes. Defects are revealed by user feedback. With test-driven development (TDD), unit tests are written while writing the production code, and the production code is not considered complete until all tests complete successfully.

4. Remote desktop software - Wikipedia

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   In computing, the term remote desktop refers to a software- or operating system feature that allows a personal computer's desktop environment to be run remotely from one system (usually a PC, but the concept applies equally to a server or a smartphone), while being displayed on a separate client device.

5. Patch (computing) - Wikipedia

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   When executed these files load a program into memory which manages the installation of the patch code into the target program(s) on disk. Patches for other software are typically distributed as data files containing the patch code. These are read by a patch utility program which performs the installation.

6. The Free Software Definition - Wikipedia

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   The Free Software Definition written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as being software that ensures that the users have freedom in using, studying, sharing and modifying that software.

7. Tesseract (software) - Wikipedia

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   Tesseract is an optical character recognition engine for various operating systems. [5] It is free software, released under the Apache License. [1] [6] [7] Originally developed by Hewlett-Packard as proprietary software in the 1980s, it was released as open source in 2005 and development was sponsored by Google in 2006.

8. Home theater PC - Wikipedia

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   A Mac Mini as a home theater PC showing Apple's discontinued Front Row interface. A home theater PC (HTPC) or media center computer is a convergent device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that focuses on video, photo, audio playback, and sometimes video recording functionality.

9. Port (computer networking) - Wikipedia

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   In computer networking, a port or port number is a number assigned to uniquely identify a connection endpoint and to direct data to a specific service. At the software level, within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service.