Any computer software seen on TV shows (such as NCIS or CSI) that can seamlessly and instantly connect different, unrelated systems that would never integrate in the real world to find an answer to a problem.
by Saw_Dusted October 27, 2010
is the term commonly used on continental Europe, and increasingly in other non-anglophone areas for Free & Open-Source Software/Code.
Anglophones sometimes have arguments over "free" v. "open" (libre, gratis, abierto...); the continentals don't waste their time.
The Spanish sometimes say codigo abierto (open code) too when referring to this concept.
See free software and FOSS.
Anglophones sometimes have arguments over "free" v. "open" (libre, gratis, abierto...); the continentals don't waste their time.
The Spanish sometimes say codigo abierto (open code) too when referring to this concept.
See free software and FOSS.
FOSS, FLOSS, open-source, free software are all covered by software libre.
Examples of products: Linux, the Apache web server, Firefox
Examples of products: Linux, the Apache web server, Firefox
by CarlosC March 10, 2006
A company that provides software to its costumers. In average software companies, the majority of employees is formed by programmers who provide the code to be compiled to the actual software product.
by CodenameJoker November 6, 2013
A person who is rejected by the Engineering community, due to a dispute over whether software engineering is really engineering, despite the fact that software engineers don't purely write code and actually are taught other aspects of engineering.
John (Mech Eng): Hey Jim, what do you do for a living?
Jim: I'm a software engineer.
John: Nerd!
Jim: Yeah? Well this nerd wrote the program for the flight computer of the aircraft you are designing, as well as the program you used to design it. Lazy ass.
John: Meehheeh fucker. *Aside* (Dude I wish I make as much as he does. All these stupid fucking problems I did and all I get for it is to be made fun of by a rather sexy man actually.)
Jim: I'm a software engineer.
John: Nerd!
Jim: Yeah? Well this nerd wrote the program for the flight computer of the aircraft you are designing, as well as the program you used to design it. Lazy ass.
John: Meehheeh fucker. *Aside* (Dude I wish I make as much as he does. All these stupid fucking problems I did and all I get for it is to be made fun of by a rather sexy man actually.)
by LUENGSTUDENT March 9, 2011
Software that is not free software or semi-free software (the same thing as free software except that it can only be used for non-profit things).
by a thing June 12, 2005
by Jannasauras Rex April 2, 2005
The act of illegally copying and distributing commercial software. Software piracy can range from simply letting a friend "borrow" a CD-ROM to actually selling pirated software and passing it off as genuine.
Software companies employ various methods to fight piracy, including product activation and CD keys.
Software companies employ various methods to fight piracy, including product activation and CD keys.
My friend let me borrow his Office CD; I accepted, even though this was software piracy.
Those guys selling copies of Windows Vista Ultimate for $15 a copy are guilty of software piracy.
Those guys selling copies of Windows Vista Ultimate for $15 a copy are guilty of software piracy.
by computer_guy February 18, 2008