A publication that has been glued into a cover that is flexible. Called a paperback, sft back of a soft bound.

Perishable commodities and derivatives . Excluding grain, cotton, and orange juice.

The information , in the form of computer programs that make a computer carry out certain functions.

The person who writes the programs for computer software in a language the computer can read.

The development of software by an agreement stating the responsibilities and rights of the writer and customer.

Information detailing the design features, system limitations, capabilities of a software program. Also known as a software manual.

1. The development of procedures and applications that will be used by electronic machines such as compouters and phones.2. An education program that ends with a degree or certificate of […]

A research and development centre that has been federally funded and is located at Carnegie Mellon University.

The permission given to allow a user to use a piece of software that is not exclusive. See shrinkwrap license .

The ability a computer program has to be able to perform its intended function when in its original form and after it has been restored after failure.

The ability of a computer program has to perform its functions and operations in the systems environment without going into a failure situation.

The providing of after sales service to customers for updates and any problems they may encounter.

A technician who runs tests on software programs and other applications before they reach market to be sure of quality and function.

The surface, or surface-covering of the land, uot Including minerals beneath it or grass or plants growing upon it But in a wider (and more usual) sense, the term is […]

A civil engineer specialising in the analysis of soil, drainage and factors that can influence the foundations of structures to be built on them.

The removal of the soil that is faster than the processes involved in creating soil can produce it. It results in land becoming infertile and open to attack by flooding.

A branch of Civil engineering studying the mechanicalm properties associtaed with soil.

Fr. Let it be; be it so. A term used in several Law-French phrases employed in English law , particularly as expressive of the will or assent of the sovereign […]

This term means something more than “traveling,” and applies to a temporary, as contradistinguished from a permanent, residence. Henry v. Ball, 1 Wheat. 5, 4 L. Ed. 21.

The lord’s rent gatherer in the soca. Cowell.

Lands and tenements which were not held by knight-service , nor by grand serjeanty, nor by petit, but by simple services; being, as it were, lands en- franchised by the […]

In English law . Those who held their lands in socage. 2 Bl. Comm. 100. Sola ac per se senectns donationem testamentum aut transactionem non vl- tiat. Old age does […]

In Spanish law. Land; the demesne, with a house, situate in a strong or fortified place. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3,

A term sometimes used as meaning that portion of the day when the sun is above the horizon, but properly it is the time between two complete (apparent) revolutions of […]

Energy that is transmitted by the sun in electromagnetic waves. It is the basis fir all life on Earth. It can be harnessed by solar cells, stored and then used.