What User is

A term that defines the online audience, it also refers to anyone who uses a computer. The term "users" rubs some people the wrong way because, in the past, if you said you were a user, it meant you were habitually consuming an illicit drug. Nowadays, a user is a person who is online. It comes from techies, who refer to people as "computer users." Historical reference: The word "users" is not yet in the American Heritage Dictionary, but the word "user-friendly" made it; perhaps because we are the first group ever to be online users.

Historical Reference: The word "users" isn't in the American Heritage Dictionary but the word "user-friendly" made it. The term "use" is defined in a variety of ways which, when taken in the context of "Internet users," can be quite poignant: "to put into service, to employ, to exploit, to consume completely, the privilege of using something," and so on. In the past you'd never refer to yourself as "a user" unless you were drug addicted... does this say something about how we're all getting addicted to the online world?

The meaning of Program

Another term for software, it is basically a list of instructions (written in a programming language) that tells a computer how to execute certain functions and perform tasks in a specific way.

There are many kinds of programs, including:
-antivirus, which detect and remove computer viruses
-application, which are tools that perform specific kinds of tasks (such as word processing)
-authoring, to help create Web sites
-calendar, which contain a calendar or appointment book
-child, which are actually subprograms loaded into memory and used by the main program
-computer program components (CPC), which are routines or modules within a larger program
-conversion, which change a file from one format to another
-demo, which exhibit a sample of a program for free or for a low price
-drawing, used for drawing, illustrating, and editing graphics
-event-driven, which wait for events to occur and then respond to them
-file recovery, which restore files that have been damaged or unintentionally deleted,
-file transfer programs (FTP), which enable a user to copy a file from one computer to another
-formatingt, which erase a disk and prepare it for use
-system, such as the operating system
-utility, which maintain the computer system

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