On 5/26/06, Raul Miller <moth.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
Some people think that only machine opcodes are software, and that data in other formats are not. The argument, here, is that if it's not an opcode for the currently running machine, it's not a machine instruction, and if it's not a machine instruction, it's not a program, and if it's not a program it's not software. On the other hand, "instruction" could be thought of as "instruction to display a certain arrangement of pixels", or "instruction to play some sound", or whatever else. Unless you are focused on a specific task, "instruction" doesn't exclude much of anything (except, perhaps, garbage).
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