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generic software comparison table

Subject	meet	have	customise	be	is a kind of	is a synonym of	sell on	account for	have example	perform	have global development effort	develop for	have global number of copies	has definition	use by	have global CPU usage
software		a poor design and is steadily becoming worse		more reliable if it has fewer failures	subject									Programs and related data that run on a computer
generic software	an organization's specific needs	soft real-time characteristics: when timing constraints are not met, such systems merely becomes sluggish to use	but when a new release of the generic software is issued, the customization work may have to be re-done	cheaper and more reliable than custom software	software	shrink-wrapped software	the open market	most of the software running today on general-purpose computers such as PCs; for example word processors, spreadsheets and games	word processors, spreadsheets, compilers, web browsers, operating systems, computer games and accounting packages for small businesses	functions on general-purpose computers that many people need	medium	potential customers	medium	Software designed to be sold on the open market and to perform functions on general-purpose computers that many people need (in contrast to custom software)	the business world instead of custom software because it can be far cheaper and more reliable	high

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