Before going further details, let define the word 'software' first. Software is a program that organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work.
Software can be divided into two main categories:
(1) System software
it controls the basic (and invisible to the user) functions of a computer and comes usually preinstalled with the machine.
It consists of operating systems; devise drivers, servers, windowing systems and utilities.
(2) Application software
it handles multitudes of common and specialized tasks a user wants to perform, such as accounting, communicating, data processing, word processing. Application software consists of malware, adware/spyware, and greyware.
what is original software?
first, the definition of original software is a privately held company providing automatic software testing products and services. Hence, the original software is the one created and designed by an individual or a company.They have the ownership of it as their intellectual property. Original software assures that the software is properly licensed and supported by the software company. While oppose to the matter is the pirate software which is the software that has no licensed and illegally distributed. the original software is just the same with the genuine software. if you are using the pirate software for Microsoft office as an example, the notification will always appear on your screen saying that your Microsoft is not genuine.
that is meant you are not using the original software and if you keep using the software, it will harm your computer system. There is a difference between pirated software and original software. The original software comes with guarantee that it is not infected with any viruses and it will work properly.The example of original software is:
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| original software-windows 7 |
Many of the users use the pirate software as it is free and easy to find while the original one need money to spend on it. People always come into a problem when the matter is related to money. Although original software is a little expensive but it is more reliable then a pirated software.
What is licensing software?
When you browse through the internet on 'licensing software', it is hardly found. you will mostly found the word ' software licensing'. Actually it is just the same which bring the meaning in which a contract of agreement between the software publisher and the end user. It is sometimes called as the End User License Agreement,( EULA). This licensing software will always be found when the users want to install the software that they want to use such as the installation of the broadband, the Adobe Photoshop software, and etc. when they install these softwares, they will experience the time when they are asked either to accept the license or to disagree. if the users does not agree to the software licensing terms, they will just have to indicate so with just a click. this step will abort the installation process. however, in most cases, the users will click in agreement whether they actually read the license or not and I'm sure many of them just accept the terms without reading it. these are the examples of the licensing software that include licensing agreement:
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however, as users we have to know the roles played by the licensing software towards the software itself. therefore, the purposes of the licensing software are to protects the copyright by placing restrictions on the end user in relation to the product, to restrict reverse engineering and bypassing controls intended to cut down on pirating and as a kind of disclaimer.
references
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/software.html
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2006/types_of_software.asp
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-software-licensing.htm
http://www.techreaders.com/2010/02/benefits-of-using-original-software/
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For the first time in my life I have to search something related to software. Actually, I just heard the term "software" before without really knowing the exact meaning of it. Not to even mention the term of original and licensing software. However, after doing reading and research on the internet, I finally reach the information and instill the knowledge in my head. As users, we don't just having computer without knowing what is the best thing for our computer and what will harm the computer. we have to know that the pirate software is not good for the computer. However, many of us prefer to use it as it is free and easy to use compare to the original software that needs the users to buy it in order to have it in the computer. My partner and I put some effort to have the discussion on this topic and I am not about to mention again about the wireless connection as you all know it already, and yes I'm using my new broadband, just for the sake that I want to make myself easy in learning the contents of this course . Moreover, this assignments need us to take part in the discussion that provide us with various opinion and point of view from others. As a conclusion, this assignment give advantages and benefits to me. It teaches me to be a patient person in order to master the skills in learning using the internet-based tools.
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