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There are Windows users, Unix users, and Mac users. There are programs for Windows, programs for Unix, and programs for Mac OS. A computer runs an operating system.
Software runs on an operating system.
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Use software if you mean software in general. Use program if you mean an individual program. Use application only in material written for developers when you want to emphasize that you mean all components of a product, not just an executable file. Use web application when you want to emphasize that a program runs in a browser. Don’t use: executable, application program, software program
In general, try to refer to a product by its name rather than by the vaguer term program.
There’s commercial software, freeware (one word), and open source software (open source two words, lowercase).
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In user documentation, avoid the term driver. Use software.
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Use utility if you mean an individual program. (Usually, a utility is a small, helpful program that’s designed to perform a specific task rather than a broad range of tasks.) Use tool if you mean a feature within a program. Use toolkit if you mean a set of predefined routines rather than a program or utility as a whole. Don’t use: utility program, utility application, toolbox
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Use plug-in or add-in (both with a hyphen) when referring to software that adds functionality to another (usually larger) program. Use one of both terms consistently. When in doubt, use plug-in rather than add-in. If one of both terms is part of the product’s name, use this term. For example, if your product is advertised as “DemoSoft Power Plug-in,” call it a plug-in and avoid the term add-in completely. Anmerkung:
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The term widget refers to an object that’s changeable by the user. In user documentation, when possible use a more general, non-technical term, such as tool.
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The term applet refers to an HTML-based program that a web browser downloads temporarily. In user documentation, when possible use a more general, non-technical term, such as tool or program.
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