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Computer software (or simply software) is the programs and procedures that enable a computer to perform a specific task, as opposed to the physical components of the system (hardware). This includes application software such as a word processor, which enables a user to perform a task, and system software such as an operating system, which enables other software to run properly, by interfacing with hardware and with other software.
The term "software" was first used in this sense by John W. Tukey in 1957. In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. The concept of reading different sequences of instructions into the memory of a device to control computations was invented by Charles Babbage as part of his difference engine. The theory that is the basis for most modern software was first proposed by Alan Turing in his 1935 essay Computable numbers with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem. Hally, Mike (2005:79). Electronic brains/Stories from the dawn of the computer age. British Broadcasting Corporation and Granta Books, London. ISBN 1-86-207663-4.
Relationship to hardware
Computer software is so called in contrast to computer hardware, which encompasses the physical interconnections and devices required to store and execute (or run) the software. In computers, software is loaded into RAM and executed in the central processing unit. At the lowest level, software consists of a machine language specific to an individual processor. A machine language consists of groups of binary values signifying processor instructions (object code), which change the state of the computer from its preceding state. Software is an ordered sequence of instructions for changing the state of the computer hardware in a particular sequence. It is generally written in high-level programming languages that are easier and more efficient for humans to use (closer to natural language) than machine language. High-level languages are compiled or interpreted into machine language object code. Software may also be written in an assembly language, essentially, a mnemonic representation of a machine language using a natural language alphabet. Assembly language must be assembled into object code via an assembler. More on [ Computer software ]
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Curious Company - Bean There Grown That is an educational software CD-ROM and a seed-growing science kit. User grows seeds and performs experiments.
Dynamic Clamp - DYNCLAMP4 is a program to insert artificial synapses and conductances in up to 4 neurons in real time.
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Indigo Instruments - Distributes biological and medical and software.
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Java biology lab - A wide variety of free online biology software programs.
LabSys - Provides Laboratory Information Management Systems for all laboratory data management issues.
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LabSystems Online - Specializing in laboratory information management systems and chromatography data systems.
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LIMS - Laboratory Information Management Systems. Compendium of information on state-of-the-art data management software.
Minnesota Biomedical Business Network - MBBNet lists health-related software and information management, device, and display companies in Minnesota.
MIS Guide - Comprehensive data on vendors and help on choosing, implementing, and managing LIMS.
MPN Assay Analyzer - Allows the estimation of the number of microorganisms by dilution techniques.
Phoretix - 1D electrophoresis gel analysis software. 2D electrophoresis spots, dot and slot blot and colony counting
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Phoretix International - Electrophoresis analysis software for 1D and 2D gels, arrays, colonies, and high density grids.
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Scanalytics, Inc. - Scientific image processing software and systems for Macintosh and Windows applications, including fluorescence microscopy, array technologies, high throughput imaging analysis, gel analysis, and forensics.
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Serf - A Windows-based program for electrophysiologists for analysis of single channel currents and spike trains.
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Statistical Computation Website - Online software for calculating probability, linear correlation and regression, chi-square, t-procedures and ANOVA from Vassar College.
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