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Concepts related to software.

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Memory Leak

Definition
Explanation
An error in the programming of a program that causes it to eventually consume infinite memory.
Programming Language

Definition
What are programming languages, their types, how they work, and examples.
Delete

"To erase" data, except not exactly.
Artificial Intelligence

What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence is a broad term that has many meanings. See the article about AI for a summary of them.
Open Source

Programs that have the source code used to created them made publicly available for everyone to read.
Password

Text code given to a computer program that the program uses to make sure the person typing the password is really who they claim they are.
How to Take a Screenshot

Tutorial: learn how to take a screenshot in various devices, i.e. how to create an image file from what's displayed on your screen without using a camera, also called a "screencap" or "screen capture."
Why Programmers Count Starting from Zero?

Why zero-based indexes are so common in programming languages.
Source Code

Type of text code written by a programmer or developer that describes the algorithm to be executed by a computer program, or controls the program by configuring it somehow or by describing some data used by it.
Character

A single letter, number, or punctuation in a text. In a computer, normally any text is just a sequence of characters, also called a character string.
Types of Applications and Programs

A list of types of applications, programs, and other software.
Daemon

A program that runs in the background, and stays running all the time, providing utilities for other programs or waiting for a request from the Internet or a local network.
Run in the Background

When a program or application is executed by the CPU, but it isn't displaying a window on screen and doesn't appear in the taskbar.
Run

To start a program or application, so that the CPU starts following its algorithm.
Clipboard

Where things that are copied (or cut) go before being pasted.
To Overwrite

What is "To Overwrite" in the Computer? Overwriting means to replace data that existed somewhere in the computer with other data. When this is done, the original data is lost, that is, it's as if the old data was deleted to make space for the new data which would be placed exactly in the same […]
Fork

A fork is a project that has branched out from another project, e.g. LibreOffice, which is a fork of OpenOffice.
Libreware

Software that can be modified by its users, in the sense that the user can change any aspect of the program, including removing any unwanted parts, changing any behaviors, and adding any new features they wish.
Virtual Object

A term I've been using in my articles to describe things that are tangible but also virtual.
Version

A way to identify a program that has one name but changed over time or has multiple editions.