On 22/07/13 03:15, Adam Bolte wrote:
I wouldn't define music or video as software either, for the same reasons - even though these are commonly distributed on CD or DVD.
People do define music and video as "software", though: "Software means /computer instructions or data/. Anything that can be stored electronically is software, in contrast to storage devices and display devices which are called hardware." http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/software.html "soft.ware noun 2.anything that is not hardware but is used with hardware, especially audiovisual materials, as film, tapes, records, etc.: a studio fully equipped but lacking software. 3.Television Slang. prepackaged materials, as movies or reruns, used to fill out the major part of a station's program schedule." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/software?s=t "software n 2. (Electronics) video cassettes and discs for use with a particular video system (Collins English Dictionary) software n 2. any material requiring the use of mechanical or electrical equipment, esp. audiovisual material such as film, tapes, or records. (Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary)" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/software "Definition of SOFTWARE b: materials for use with audiovisual equipment" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/software
Fonts are definitely not a software program, although some software and document files such as PDFs may optionally include them.
That depends on the format. Some fonts are instructions to a font renderer, and therefore definitely are a software program in a defined font language. Regards, Andrew -- Andrew Pam <andrew@sericyb.com.au> Manager, Serious Cybernetics http://sericyb.com.au/