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Abandonware
Abandonware is defined as any software that is: At least three years old (some say five or seven years)
File Downloads,
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Accounting
This category is for accounting software and accounting software companies. (NOT CONSULTANTS - SEE SUBMISSION NOTICE)
Audit,
Automotive Management,
Billing,
Budgeting,
Consignment,
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Backup
Backup is the action of copying files or a database so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other misfortune.
Disk Copy,
Tape Backup,
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Bar Code
CueCat,
Decoding,
Inventory,
Labeling,
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Beta Releases
Refers to the final stages of development and testing before a product is released to market.
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Build Management
Software builds are a core part of the software development lifecycle. Builds are where source files are converted into executable software products.The classic tool for automating software builds is the Unix "make" program, which was invented around 1974 to reduce software build times for C programs on the new Unix operating system.
Build Management Systems,
Build Manager Tools,
Makefile Generators,
Make Tools,
Resources,
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Business
Credit and Collection,
E-Commerce,
Market Data,
Small Business,
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Business Drawing
Business drawings include Flowcharts, Organizational Charts, Network Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, Software Design Diagrams, Cause and Effect Trees, Engineering Diagrams, Tables, Timelines, and other illustrations of functions or processes.Business drawing, or diagramming, software is often lumped (inappropriately) with "graphics editors" like Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Illustrator.
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Communications
This category is for communications software, generally computer-to-computer communications. It is not the appropriate category for telephony software, including paging, nor it is the proper place for shareware, including chat software.
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Conferences and Trade Shows
This category contains listings of sites concerned with conferences, conventions and trade shows related to software.
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Configuration Management
From comp.software.config-mgmt FAQ: [Configuration management is] tracking and control of software development and its activities.
Bug Tracking,
Directories,
Tools,
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Consultants
STOP! This category is currently subject to a reorganisation. It contains primarily software development companies.
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Databases
A collection of data structured and organized in a disciplined fashion so that access is possible quickly to information of interest.
4th Dimension,
Adabas,
Application Specific,
Btrieve,
Conferences,
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Data Administration
Softwares and Companies for Data Acquision, Control, Data processing, formats, format conversion, manipulation, integrity checking, data transfer, storage and backup, retrieval, reporting, ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), SQL(Software Query Language), data compression methods and algorithms, etc.
Consultants,
Data Modeling,
Organizations,
Universal Data Models,
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Data Compression
Data compression reduces the size of a file, or groups of files of data by eliminating unnecessary information, such as blanks and redundant data.
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Desktop Customization
This category is for software and utilities used to customize a computer desktop. This includes Screen Savers, Icons, Wallpapers, Desktop Themes, Cursors, Screen Mates and Skins for ICQ, Winamp and Yahoo Messenger.
Cursors,
Directories,
FAQs, Help, and Tutorials,
Icons,
Screen Mates,
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Device Drivers
You can get drivers, and/or driver updates via these sites.Device drivers, sometimes called hardware drivers, are small blocks of software, program routines, which are used to interface between an operating system, and various hardware devices, usually peripherals.
Companies,
Peripherals,
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Diagnostics
Tools for diagnosing computer hardware problems.
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Directories
A directory is a guide that provides an indexing of sites, categorized links, or a repository.
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Disk Management
Most modern computers store the data and programs they are not immediately using on disks: magnetic disks, called hard disks or hard drives for those that are usually built in, or floppy disks, also known as diskettes, or just floppies, for those that are regularly inserted and removed; and optical disks, often called CDs (Compact Disks): CD-ROMs (Read Only Media), CD-Rs (Recordable), and CD-RWs (Read-Write).
Error Checking and Repair,
File Systems,
Partition,
Usage Analysis,
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Document Imaging
Document imaging is the conversion of paper documents into electronic images on your computer. Once on your desktop, these documents can be retrieved effortlessly in seconds.
Automated Forms Processing,
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Document Management
Document Management is a set of technologies for managing the "document life cycle," that is, it tracks, monitors, and allocates resources for the creation, use, revision, approval, retrieval, archival and disposal of documents.
Products,
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Editors
An editor program allows the user to create and modify simple text files. This is as opposed to a word processor program which usually allows formatting, fonts, italics, and other stylistic devices intended to look better when printed out - an editor is simply designed to edit text.
Hexadecimal,
SED,
Vi,
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Education
Sites providing information about software education.
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Educational
Software used for instruction in a variety of subject areas. Also, software used by educators and educational institutions for handling administrative tasks.
Administration and School Management,
Adult Learning,
Guides and Directories,
Languages,
PreSchool and Early Learning,
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Enterprise Application Integration
Software designed to integrate complex business systems. Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) software is typically used to integrate different systems or "add on" systems.
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Enterprise Information Integration
Enterprise information integration (EII) refers to software systems that can take data from a variety of internal and external sources and in different formats and treat them as a single data source.
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ERP
ERP systems, software explicitly designed to work with named ERP systems, ERP consultants, and/or ERP resources.
Baan,
Consultants,
Employment,
Industrial and Financial Systems-IFS,
J D Edwards,
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File Management
The file is the basic unit of data storage on most computers. Software itself is stored in files, data for that software is stored in files, data handled by software is stored in files.
Deletion,
File Comparison,
File Managers,
File Splitters,
Search,
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Fonts
Software for font file creation, organization, manipulation, conversion, display, printing, etc.
Design and Creation,
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Freeware
Freeware is software which is available for use by anyone or a specified class or group, without payment of any fees.
Accounting,
Backup,
Collections,
Currency Conversion,
Data Compression,
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Globalization
This category is the umbrella category for links to resources in the areas of software globalization, internationalization and localization.
Character Encoding,
Companies,
Computer Aided Translation,
Conferences,
Education,
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Graphics
This category is intended for the graphic software programs and utilities associated with the creation and manipulation of digital graphics.
3D,
Animation,
Chats and Forums,
Color Management,
Color Pickers,
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Groupware
What is a groupware ?
Companies,
Computer Supported Cooperative Working,
Lotus Notes,
Microsoft Exchange,
Novell GroupWise,
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Help Desk
The Help Desk category contains companies who design, publish and/or support software designed to automate Help Desk, PC Inventory, Auditing and related operations.
Asset Management,
Browser Based,
Call Centers,
Directories,
Information Technology,
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History
Sites about the history of software and/or of the software industry.
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Human Resources
Human Resources professionals and line managers use many types of software to facilitate their management duties.
Appointment Scheduling,
Compensation and Benefits,
Personnel Scheduling,
Recruitment Management,
Testing and Evaluation,
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Industry-Specific
Construction,
Entertainment Industry,
Insurance,
Real Estate,
Salon Management,
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Information Retrieval
Sites contained here relate to tools which facilitate the retrieval of information from computer-based repositories.
Fulltext,
GILS,
Ranking,
References,
Visual Information,
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Internet
Software for managing internet sites, authoring web materials or network management.
Access,
Authoring,
Clients,
Directories,
Monitoring,
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Licensing
License Management,
Microsoft,
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Manufacturing
Software for assisting in some way with the making of goods.
Asset Management,
Automation,
Design and Materials Management,
Discrete,
Process,
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Marketing
This category and its sub categories include entries for software that can assist in marketing.
Forms,
Guides,
Market Analysis,
Promotion,
Sales and Marketing Productivity,
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Master Data Management
Master data, also called reference data, defines subjects such as products, customers, suppliers and brands.
Articles,
Consultants,
Customer,
Finance,
Product,
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Networking
Software specifically for networking and networking-related issues.
Advanced Technology,
File and Print Sharing,
File Transfer,
Message Services,
Middleware,
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Object-Oriented
A listing of object oriented software. If you don't see what you're looking for here, check the individual subject areas, especially for topics pertaining to particular technologies.
Books,
Companies,
Distributed Objects,
Education,
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Office Suites
Software suites are bundles of several programs together that perform essential, common, functions in some area of activity.
Microsoft Office,
OpenOffice.org,
StarOffice,
Utilities,
WordPerfect Office,
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Online Training
Sites providing their own online courses (not pdf or classroom please) in software or computer related skills.
Authoring,
Certification,
Collaborative Learning,
Delivery and Management Systems,
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Operating Systems
Operating systems (OSs) do many things: it is the block of software that runs in the memory of a computer which mediates between the hardware below and application(s) above; provides consistent access to various hardware for user programs such as applications and utilities; multiplexes hardware resources between two or more processes, programs, users; provides some common services to all software via an application programming (or protocol) interface (API); allocates memory and storage; schedules tasks.
BIOS,
Boot Managers,
Capability,
Closed Source,
CPM,
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Presentation
Presentation software helps the user communicate with an audience using a combination of words and pictures.
Microsoft PowerPoint,
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Project Management
Project management covers different activities aimed at organizing, planning, staffing, directing and controlling the project activities, for one project or a portfolio of projects (program management) in different fields such as construction, software systems or marketing activities.
Directories,
Estimating,
Hosted,
Microsoft Project,
Open Source,
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Rentable
If you're interested in renting your applications or having them provided on a "subscription" or leasing basis, here is one place to look.
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Retailers
This category focuses on online and physical site retailers of software.
Discount,
Productivity,
Sales and Support,
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Search Engines
A Search Engine is a Website connected to a database that catalogs other Web sites.
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Shareware
Shareware is a popular software marketing method, "try before you buy" software. It is called "shareware" because users are encouraged to "share" the initial version with others, to let them try it out also.The trial period is usually limited in time, such as 30-60 days, or a limited number of uses.
Amiga,
Associations,
Authors,
Diagnostics,
Directories,
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Software Engineering
Software engineering is a broadly defined discipline involving the development, architecture or 'engineering' of software systems.
Articles,
Books,
Conferences,
Design,
Directories,
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Spreadsheets
A spreadsheet is a computer program organizing cells, containing numbers, dates, or text, into columns and rows.
Excel,
Lotus 1-2-3,
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System Management
Installers,
Microsoft Systems Management Server,
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Typesetting
"Typesetting" is the rendering of letterformson visible media. Examples are the words (notthe graphics) on the printed pages of a book,or the words on the display of your computer screen.Software for typesetting covers a broad range:software appropriate for typesetting a phone bookwill be of little help in preparing a magazine.Also, it is frequently difficult to separate the "software" from the "system," so this category will include proprietary typesetting systems.
Batch Systems,
TeX,
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Word Processors
Computer programs for the creation of text documents, intended to be printed and viewed by people.
FrameMaker,
Word,
WordPerfect,
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Workflow
Workflow management deals with the coordination and control of business processes through software. Alternative terms for workflow management are: Business Process Automation (BPA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Workflow Automation.The top level workflow category lists organizations, standards bodies, and resources relating to promotion of, and/or interoperability of workflow technology and systems.
Consulting,
Products,
Research,
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Year 2000
Humor,
News and Media,
Organizations,
Patches,
Product Compliance,
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