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10 unusual facts about Application software


Application software

Applications may be bundled with the computer and its system software or published separately, and can be coded as university projects.

ATM Adaptation Layer 5

When an application sends data over an ATM connection using AAL5, the host delivers a block of data to the AAL5 interface.

Hattrick

Applications outside of Hattrick.org which use any form of automation (such as scanning pages) must be CHPP certified.

Informative Murder Porn

He informs the group that there is a computer application that employs a password only children would know, which can serve as a parental lock on certain TV programs.

Launchd

launchd is a unified, open-source service management framework for starting, stopping and managing daemons, applications, processes, and scripts.

Mac Developer Program

The Mac Developer Program is a way developers for Apple's Mac OS X operating system can distribute their apps through the Mac App Store.

March 0

This formulation may be used in software such as Microsoft Excel to refer to the last day of February as a way of allowing for the fact that its length varies in leap years.

Persistent browser-based game

PBBGs can provide the depth of experience and sustainability seen in some application-based games, but because they don't require any special software to play, they are more accessible and portable than such games.

Transmission Control Protocol

That is, when an application program desires to send a large chunk of data across the Internet using IP, instead of breaking the data into IP-sized pieces and issuing a series of IP requests, the software can issue a single request to TCP and let TCP handle the IP details.

Universal binary

A universal binary is, in Apple parlance, an executable file or application bundle that runs natively on either PowerPC or Intel-manufactured IA-32 or Intel 64-based Macintosh computers; it is an implementation of the concept more generally known as a fat binary.


Data Becker

In the beginning, Data Becker catered primarily to users of Commodore 64 and C128 home computers, publishing an extensive range of books as well as programming tools and application software.

EagleEyes

EagleEyes is a mobile surveillance application developed by AVTECH corporation (Chinese: 陞泰科技股份有限公司;Pinyin: Shēng Tài Kē Jì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) in Taiwan, first released in 2009.It is able to realize full-functioned remote control with smart phones and tablets.

Enterprise digital assistant

An enterprise digital assistant (EDA) is a handheld computer, born of the personal digital assistant popularity which was adapted for extensive, more robust usage within the SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) and Enterprise business applications as a data capture mobile device.

HackThisSite

These range from ten basic missions where one attempts to exploit relatively simple server-side scripting errors, to difficult programming and application cracking missions.

Instanza

Instanza is an American Internet company that designs, develops, markets and operates social-based mobile applications.

Intuit Canada

Services are delivered on a variety of platforms including application software, software connected to services, software as a service, platform as a service and mobile applications.

Linux color management

Linux color management relies on the use of accurate International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles describing the behavior of devices such as digital cameras, monitors or printers, and color-managed applications that are aware of these profiles.

Media server

A media server refers either to a dedicated computer appliance or to a specialized application software, ranging from an enterprise class machine providing video on demand, to, more commonly, a small personal computer or NAS (Network Attached Storage) for the home, dedicated for storing various digital media (meaning digital videos/movies, audio/music, and picture files).

Microsoft Max

Microsoft Max was the codename for a prototype software application developed by Microsoft.

MiKandi

Developed by MiKandi LLC, a Seattle-based company, MiKandi is the world's first and largest mobile porn app store.

Numina Application Framework

The Numina Application Framework is a product from Numina Solutions LLC which provides single sign-on capabilities and an Application framework for building applications.

Scripting Bridge

The Scripting Bridge is a framework in OS X allowing Mac applications to communicate with each other without the use of an intermediary scripting language such as AppleScript.

Signwave

Despite releasing some conventional shareware and desktop applications, Signwave have also received attention and awards from arts organisations such as Transmediale and Ars Electronica for their software artworks.

SS7 probe

The probe passively monitors the E1/T1 or SDH/SONET bearers, and extracts the signalling information for onward presentation to a network application.

System software

System software (or systems software) is computer software designed to operate and control the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software.

XBMC4Xbox

XBMC4Xbox has a "My Programs" section which functions as a replacement dashboard to launch Xbox games (retail and homebrew) and applications/emulator directly off the Xbox built-in harddrive, all from a GUI with thumbnail and list options.

XML data binding

This allows applications to access the data in the XML from the object rather than using the DOM or SAX to retrieve the data from a direct representation of the XML itself.