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- In computer: Computer software
component of information system
- In information system: Computer software
engineering
- In computer science: Software engineering
intellectual-property law
- In intellectual-property law: The emergence of intellectual-property law
Internet
- In computer: The Internet
piracy
- In piracy: From hackers to pirates
production of avionics
- In aerospace industry: Engine and avionics manufacture

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Gates
- In Bill Gates
Microsoft Corporation
- In Microsoft Corporation: Founding and early growth
Zuse
- In computer: The Z4

personal computer development

IBM models
- In computer: The IBM Personal Computer

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: OpenStax - Workplace Software and Skills - Software Basics.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 19, 2024
	Add new Web site: Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science - Introduction to Software.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 16, 2024
	Add new Web site: IEE Computer Society - 50 Years of Software.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 19, 2024
	Add new Web site: IBM - What is software development?	Gloria Lotha	May 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Software.	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 24, 2022
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Feb 11, 2020
	Add new Web site: Computer History Museum - Timeline of Computer History - Software and Languages.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 04, 2018
	Add new Web site: Computer Hope - What is Software?	Grace Young	Dec 08, 2017
	Add new Web site: h2g2 - Computer Hardware and Software.	Swati Chopra	Feb 03, 2012
	Added new Web site: The CPA Technology Advisor.	Piyush Bhathya	May 25, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998