List of Software Authors

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Software author, refers to a person who writes computer software (programs). This list is primarily a list of individuals rather than businesses, companies or corporations who have produced innovative, early or otherwise notable computer software for commercial or free distribution. Computer software, or just software, is the collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do. The term was coined to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical devices). In contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched". Software is also sometimes used in a more narrow sense, meaning application software only. Sometimes the term includes data that has not traditionally been associated with computers, such as film, tapes and records.