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This article needs to be less POV. I am working on fixing it.

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needs major tweaking Hux21 (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Computer software, or simply software, is a part of a computer system that consists of data or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built. In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital media. Computer hardware and software require each other and neither can be realistically used on its own.

At the lowest level, executable code consists of machine language instructions specific to an individual processor—typically a central processing unit (CPU). A machine language consists of groups of binary values signifying processor instructions that change the state of the computer from its preceding state. For example, an instruction may change the value stored in a particular storage location in the computer—an effect that is not directly observable to the user. An instruction may also (indirectly) cause something to appear on a display of the computer system—a state change which should be visible to the user. The processor carries out the instructions in the order they are provided, unless it is instructed to "jump" to a different instruction, or is interrupted (by now multi-core processors are dominant, where each core can run instructions in order; then, however, each application software runs only on one core by default, but some software has been made to run on many).

The majority of software is written in high-level programming languages that are easier and more efficient for programmers to use because they are closer than machine languages to natural languages.[1] High-level languages are translated into machine language using a compiler or an interpreter or a combination of the two. Software may also be written in a low-level assembly language, which has strong correspondence to the computer's machine language instructions and is translated into machine language using an assembler.

i am hacker[change source]

change game start now

Rabit Run (talk) 16:46, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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fb 120.28.222.68 (talk) 13:18, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

pov changes (major todolist in the works)[change source]

this article reads more like something that would be addressed in the en sub articles (do those need to exist here?? ill ask on teahouse), but i feel like the major POV track is crazy in this article. -Astral~(he/him/his) 01:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

adding some context (i really just dont like this articles formatting and think it can be reworded like. alot.) i started working on it last night based on the en version of the article and i came up with

A hacker is a person in the information technology field who reaches their goals in non standard ways. The word is normally used to explain security hackers - someone who knows about computer bugs and exploits and might abuse these to steal or sell something, though that is not always the case. Hackers are also used in many law enforcement agencies, and for companies like NASA.

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definitions

There are two common meanings for the word:

1. The word used to have meant someone highly experienced in the computer field

2. someone who is able to weaken a computers security. The person is often called a black hat or cracker if they mean to do this for money or to hurt people.

The present-day meaning of the word is normally what is called a computer criminal. This is because news outlets often used it to define people who used their knowledge of computers to break into computers. (inline) There is often a lot of controversy in the use of the word hacker, because at first it was a positive word, but as time passed it came to be used to refer to criminals.(inline)

types of hackers

i will continue to work on this later on with some more opinions on the "better wording" of the article, but i can leave this project be for a little until some consensus is made >:3 -Astral~(he/him/his) 15:23, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AstralAlley I would say make the changes you feel are needed (as any is free to change anything). I’ll be happy to take a look when you are done. I also recommend when you reference good bad and in between use the colors they are commonly assigned too. Just ping me. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:42, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm that hacker is either someone with great knowledge or interest in computer systems or the second meaning: someone exploiting bugs etc to break into such systems, get data/info illegally, or using them illegally. Right now the article is focused on the second meaning. Eptalon (talk) 12:43, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yeah, i thought that too (as someone into white/greyhatting). i'm focusing on adding some small changes to some other articles but ill keep working on this throughout the week :3

-Astral~(he/him/his) 13:56, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]