Jordan+Bowler+Software+Hardware+vocab

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=Software Vocab:=
 * __**Firmware**__: is low-level software often stored on electrically programmable memory devices. Firmware is given its name because it is treated like hardware and run ("executed") by other software programs. Firmware often is not accessible for change by other entities but the developers' enterprises.
 * __**legacy system**__ is an old method, technology, computer system, or application program that continues to be used, typically because it still functions for the users' needs, even though newer technology or more efficient methods of performing a task are now available.
 * __**Source code compatibility:**__ In computing, a computer that can run the same source code intended to be compiled and run on another computer is said to be source-compatibl


 * **__Cylindrical robot__**- used for handling tools and spot welding
 * __** RAID- **__ reduntan array of independant disks
 * ** Patches: ** A //patch// is a piece of software designed to fix problems with, or update a computer program or its supporting data


 * __**BSA:**__ Business software alliance
 * __Beta testing:__ Where software is released to groups of people so that further testing can ensure the product has few faults.
 * **__Readme file:__** Is a file which contains information about other files in a directory or archive and is commonly distributed with computer software.

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 * ** Text-to-speech: **The creation of synthetic speech by converting text files into phonetic sounds


 * **distributed intelligence:** AI concepts applied to networks rather than to individual computers.