Software Terms

Term Tech Factor
Abend
Access
ACL
Activation Key
Active Cell
Active Directory
Adaptive Content
Add-on
Advertising ID
AIX
Alert Box
Algorithm
Alpha Software
Android
ANR
Anti-Aliasing
Antivirus
API
App
Application
Archive
Array
ASO
Assembler
Assembly Language
Autocorrect
Autofill
Backdoor
Backend
Backup
Bare Metal Restore
Bash
BASIC
Batch Process
Benchmark
Beta Software
Big Sur
BIOS
Black Box Testing
Bloatware
Block-Based Coding
Bootstrap
Brownfield
Browser Engine
Browser Extension
BSOD
Bug
Build
Bytecode
C
C#
C++
CamelCase
Catalina
Cell
Cell Reference
CGI
Character Encoding
ChatGPT
Checksum
Class
Clean Install
Clip Art
Clipboard
Codec
Command Line Interface
Command Prompt
Commercial Software
Compile
Compiler
Compression
Container
Contextual Menu
Control Panel
Copy
Crash
Cron
Cursor
Cut
Daemon
Dark Mode
Dashboard
Data Management
Data Type
Database
DBMS
DCIM
Deadlock
Debug
Debugger
Default Program
Deployment
Deprecated
Design Pattern
Desktop
Desktop Publishing
Desktop Software
DevOps
Dialog Box
Digital Asset
Digital Signature
Direct3D
Directory
DirectX
Disk Image
DLC
Dock
Document
Donationware
DOS
Drag and Drop
Driver
Drop Down Menu
Dual Boot
Edtech
El Capitan
Electron
Emoji
Encoding
EPS
ERP
Excel
Exception
Executable File
Export
Extensible
Factory Reset
Favorites
File
File Association
File Compression
File Extension
File Format
File Type
Filename
Finder
Firmware
Flag
Flat File
Focus
Folder
Fork
Form
FPS
Framework
Freeware
Frontend
Frozen
Function
Gamma Correction
Garbage Collection
GNU
Gnutella
Golden Master
Greenfield
Grep
GUI
GUID
Hash
Heuristic
High Sierra
High-Level Language
Horizontal Market Software
Hotfix
Hypervisor
Icon
Illegal Operation
Image Scaling
Import
In-App Purchase
Index
Insertion Point
Install
Installer
Interactive Video
Interpreter
iOS
IPC
ISR
Iteration
iTunes
Java
JDBC
JRE
JVM
KDE
Kernel
Keyboard Shortcut
Keylogger
KOffice
Launcher
Leopard
LFN
Library
Linux
Lion
Log File
Logic Error
Loop
Lossless
Lossy
Low-Level Language
Lua
Machine Language
macOS
Macro
Malware
MAMP
Mavericks
Maximize
MBR
Media Compression
Memory Leak
Menu Bar
Metafile
Method
Microkernel
Microsoft
Middleware
Minification
Minimize
Mojave
Monterey
Motion Tween
Mount
Mountain Lion
Multitasking
Multithreading
Music Tracker
MVC
MySQL
Native File
NetBIOS
NOS
Object
Objective-C
OCR
ODBC
Office
OLE
OOP
Opacity
Open Firmware
Open Source
OpenGL
Operating System
OS X
Parameter
PascalCase
Password Manager
Paste
Patch
Path
PCAP
Perl
Permissions
Piracy
Plain Text
Plug-in
Pop-Up
Portable Software
PowerPoint
PowerShell
Prebinding
Process
Processing
Program
Programming Language
Proprietary Software
Pseudocode
Public Domain
PUM
PUP
Python
QBE
QoS
Query
QuickTime
Race Condition
Raw Data
RDBMS
Readme
Recycle Bin
Register
Registry
Reimage
Relational Database
Remote Desktop
Repository
Ribbon
Rich Text
Ripping
Root
Rootkit
Rosetta
RPC
RTE
Ruby
Runtime
Runtime Error
SaaS
Samba
Sandboxing
Scareware
Schema
Screen Saver
Screenshot
Script
Scroll Bar
Scrolling
SDK
SDLC
SDS
Secure Boot
Semaphore
Service Pack
SharePoint
Shareware
Shell
Sideload
Sierra
Silent Install
Skin
SMB
Snake Case
Snapchat
Snapshot
Snippet
SNMP
Snow Leopard
Soft Token
Software
Sonoma
Source Code
Spellcheck
Spool
Spreadsheet
Sprite
Spyware
SQL
SQL Injection
SRE
Start Menu
Status Bar
Struct
Subdirectory
Swift
Symbolic Link
Syntax Error
System Call
System Preferences
System Software
Systray
Tab
Taskbar
Technical Debt
Template
Terminal
Text Box
Text Editor
Thumbnail
Tiger
Timestamp
Title Bar
Toolbar
Toolchain
Tooltip
Trash
Trojan Horse
Tutorial
TWAIN
Typecasting
UML
Undo
Unix
Unmount
Utility
UUID
UWP
Ventura
Version Control
Vertical Market Software
Virtual Machine
Virtualization
Virus
Virus Definition
Visual Basic
Vulkan
Wallpaper
WAMP
Waveform
WDDM
Web Browser
White Box Testing
Widget
WIMP
Win32
Window
Windows
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows RT
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Winsock
Wizard
Word
Word Processor
Word Wrap
WordArt
Worm
Wrapper
WYSIWYG
XAML
Yosemite
Zero Day Exploit
Zip Bomb