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Fuller, Matthew.

Software Studies : A Lexicon. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (349 pages) - Leonardo Series . - Leonardo Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Algorithm -- Analog -- Button -- Class Library -- Code -- Codecs -- Computing Power -- Concurrent Versions System -- Copy -- Data Visualization -- Elegance -- Ethnocomputing -- Function -- Glitch -- Import / Export -- Information -- Intelligence -- Interaction -- Interface -- Internationalization -- Interrupt -- Language -- Lists -- Loop -- Memory -- Obfuscated Code -- Object Orientation -- Perl -- Pixel -- Preferences -- Programmability -- Sonic Algorithm -- Source Code -- System Event Sounds -- Text Virus -- Timeline (sonic) -- Variable -- Weird Languages -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index.

A cultural field guide to software: artists, computer scientists, designers, cultural theorists, programmers, and others define a new field of study and practice.

ISBN: 9780262273343

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Computer software.
Computers and civilization -- Encyclopedias.
Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Lexicography.
Technology and the arts.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QA76.754.S64723 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 005.1