On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:14:49PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > software > > n : (computer science) written programs or procedures or > > rules and associated documentation pertaining to the > > operation of a computer system and that are stored in > > read/write memory [...] > > So if you print out a program, it is no longer considered software?
I'd say not, it's a written document of a program. You can't very well run a piece of paper, can you? :P > Or if you burn it to cd or dvd? When the program is run, it gets put in read/write memory. Neil -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? gpg key - http://www.halon.org.uk/pubkey.txt ; the.earth.li 8DEC67C5
