Re: Definitions of Software and Database

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 3 Feb 2006 13:17:38 -0800
Message-ID: <1139001458.390822.247780@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

dawn wrote:
> I thought I would start a new thread since the other was quite OT. x
> said there was likely a legal definition of software and I haven't
> searched for that yet, but I did find a legal def of database at
> http://dataright.haifa.ac.il/db-definition.htm

I'm unclear why we'd care what a lawyer thinks a database is. Are we thinking of writing legislation?

I've always liked "a database is a collection of facts." Short and to the point.

Let's extend that to "software is a collection of instructions." I would prefer "... a collection of functions" but that's probably too specific. Some programming languages aren't organized around functions. Assembly, say.

Marshall Received on Fri Feb 03 2006 - 15:17:38 CST