a way of communicating with a computer through the use of icons, menus and other visual indicators or representations

the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified

hardware components and/or other software resources a computer needs to work properly

the speed at which a computer operates

in-depth understanding of a system

software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system

a program that is designed and developed for licensing or sale to end users

a program or application that is for the same purpose and has mostly the same functionality as another one

a bundle of software (e.g. Fedora, Red Hat, Debian, or Mint)

to install software on a computer or other device before selling it to a consumer

able to be made or changed in ways that suit individual people or tasks

used by many people

able to be used on different types of computers or with different software packages

likely to suffer from something

the core of the operating system that provides basic services for all other parts of the OS

a specific named or numbered version of published software

a group of files that enable one or more hardware devices to communicate with the computer's operating system

to make or put together a particular product

software installed on a computer's hard drive that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software