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Peopleware. Peopleware can refer to anything that has to do with the role of people in the development or use of computer software and hardware systems, including such issues as developer productivity, teamwork, group dynamics, the psychology of programming, project management, organizational factors, human interface design and human–machine ...
Peopleware is a popular book about software organization management. The first chapter of the book claims, "The major problems of our work are not so much technological as sociological in nature". The book approaches sociological or 'political' problems such as group chemistry and team jelling, " flow time" and quiet in the work environment ...
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation ). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These programs enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system may refer to a nominally ...
This article lists forms of government and political systems, which are not mutually exclusive, and often have much overlap. [1]According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there are three main types of political systems today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with hybrid regimes.
Peripheral. A peripheral device, or simply peripheral, is an auxiliary hardware device that a computer uses to transfer information externally. [ 1] A peripheral is a hardware component that is accessible to and controlled by a computer but is not a core component of the computer. A peripheral can be categorized based on the direction in which ...
Greys have been the predominant extraterrestrial beings of alleged alien contact since the 1960s. [ 5] Hopkinsville goblin [ 6][ 7][ 8] Small, greenish-silver humanoids. [ 9] Little green men [ 10] Diminutive green humanoids. Even though a few abductions have referred to green skin, no report has ever involved anything that would fit the ...
Liveware. Liveware was used in the computer industry as early as 1966 to refer to computer users, often in humorous contexts, [ 1] by analogy with hardware and software. [ 2] It is a slang term used to denote people using (attached to) computers, and is based on the need for a human, or liveware, to operate the system using hardware and software.
Tim Lister (born 1949) is an American software engineer and author with specialty in design, software risk management, and human aspects of technological work. He is a Principal of The Atlantic Systems Guild Inc. and a fellow of the Cutter Consortium. [1] He is (with co-authors) a two-time winner of the Jolt Award for best published software ...