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Lisp (historically LISP, an abbreviation of "list processing") is a family of programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized...

In computer programming, a function, subprogram, procedure, method, routine or subroutine is a callable unit that has a well-defined behavior and can be...

A hypervisor, also known as a virtual machine monitor (VMM) or virtualizer, is a type of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs...

Unit testing, a.k.a. component or module testing, is a form of software testing by which isolated source code is tested to validate expected behavior....

vi (pronounced as distinct letters, /ˌviːˈaɪ/ ) is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset...

A live CD (also live DVD, live disc, or live operating system) is a complete bootable computer installation including operating system which runs directly...

Apache Groovy is a Java-syntax-compatible object-oriented programming language for the Java platform. It is both a static and dynamic language with features...

In computer programming, a magic number is any of the following: A unique value with unexplained meaning or multiple occurrences which could (preferably)...

The OLPC XO (formerly known as $100 Laptop, Children's Machine, 2B1) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing...

Free/open-source software – the source availability model used by free and open-source software (FOSS) – and closed source are two approaches to the distribution...

A document type definition (DTD) is a specification file that contains set of markup declarations that define a document type for an SGML-family markup...

The Linksys WRT54G Wi-Fi series is a series of Wi-Fi–capable residential gateways marketed by Linksys, a subsidiary of Cisco, from 2003 until acquired...

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is a version of the Firefox web browser released on June 17, 2008, by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox 3.0 uses version 1.9 of the...

A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture...

The following tables compare notable reference management software. The comparison includes older applications that may no longer be supported, as well...

xine /ˈksiːn/ is a multimedia playback engine for Unix-like operating systems released under the GNU General Public License. xine is built around a shared...

Balloon help is a help system introduced by Apple Computer in their 1991 release of System 7.0. The name referred to the way the help text was displayed...

CafePress, Inc. is an American online retailer of stock and user-customized on-demand products. The company was founded in San Mateo, California, but is...

David Lorge Parnas (born February 10, 1941) is a Canadian early pioneer of software engineering, who developed the concept of information hiding in modular...