X-Nico

unusual facts about software component



Brad Cox

Albeit Brad Cox invented his own programming language, Objective-C, he has stated in an interview for the Masterminds of programming book that he isn't interested in programming languages but rather in software components and he regards languages as mere tools for building and combining parts of software.


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Microsoft.net

.NET Framework, a software component that is a part of Microsoft Windows operating systems

Network UPS Tools

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a suite of software component designed to monitor power devices, such as uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units, solar controllers and servers power supply units.

Side by Side

Side-by-side assembly, technology which enables the simultaneous running of multiple versions of a software component in Microsoft Windows

Web browser engine

A web browser engine (sometimes called layout engine or rendering engine) is a software component that takes marked up content (such as HTML, XML, image files, etc.) and formatting information (such as CSS, XSL, etc.) and displays the formatted content on the screen.