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>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:00:52 -0500
>From: Peter Yang <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7038 software or program?
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
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It sound like "courseware" and more specifically "idiomware" to me. This can
be referred to in a context of both its use and its publication.

Peter



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Subject: #7038 software or program?


> --- Forwarded Message from Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:02:41 -0500
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> >From: Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: software or program?
>
> Greetings, colleagues,
>
> Here's a little conundrum for this slow time:
>
> A colleague is currently developing a "THING" that will help students
> learn idioms. It works on a computer. It is interactive and is
> multi-media based. It will be stored on a CD-ROM. What shall the
> colleague call this thing? Is it software or is it a program?
> Dictionaries seem to make no distinction.
>
> (Later on, when this colleague is up for tenure, what kind of
> publication would this be called?)
>
> Thanks in advance for what I hope will be an interesting discussion.
> --
> Ursula Williams
>
> Director, Language Resource Center
> http://www.nd.edu/~lrc
> 201 O'Shaughnessy Hall
> University of Notre Dame
> Notre Dame, In 46556
> 574.631.5881
>