--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Siennicki <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:49:52 -0800 >From: Barbara Siennicki <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: The University of British Columbia >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7038.1 software or program? (!) >References: <[log in to unmask]> The software/program question takes me to my favourite website: webopedia.com -- and this is what it suggests: Program: (n) An organized list of instructions that, when executed, causes the computer to behave in a predetermined manner. Without programs, computers are useless. A program is like a recipe. It contains a list of ingredients (called variables) and a list of directions (called statements) that tell the computer what to do with the variables. The variables can represent numeric data, text, or graphical images. . . When you buy software, you normally buy an executable version of a program. This means that the program is already in machine language -- it has already been compiled and assembled and is ready to execute. LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:52:14 -0500 > >From: "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: #7038 software or program? > > David Flores > Director: Language Learning Center > Loyola College in Maryland > 4501 North Charles Street > Baltimore, MD 21210 > Ph: (410) 617-5230 > Fax: (410) 617 2859 > > >>> [log in to unmask] 02/13/03 05:14PM >>> > --- Forwarded Message from Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:02:41 -0500 > >To: [log in to unmask] > >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. > > Why not call it an "Interactive CD-Rom." > > -Dave