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Contents 1 Data 2 Development 3 Games 4 Graphics 5 Multimedia 6 Networking 7 Office 8 Science 9 System 10 Text 11 Web

Data This category is used for programs that deal in the storing, retrieval and processing of data. It covers data storage in the form of Files as well in Databases and other forms of repository. If the program deals with data transferred over a network, then categorisation under Networking either in addition to or instead of here may be appropriate. Data/Archive Programs that create and manipulate Archive files. Data/Backup Programs that handle Backup and Restore operations. Data/Compression Programs that handle the compression and uncompression of files and data streams. Data/Content management Programs that handle the storage and retrieval of documents, images and other content Data/Conversion Programs that handle the conversion of data from one format to another. Data/Cryptography Programs that handle the encryption and decryption of files and data streams. Data/Database Management Programs that all for the storage and retrieval of structured data into a database. Data/File (Experimental) Programs that work exclusively with Files. Data/Format/Flash Programs that create, read or work with Flash format files (either SWF and/or FLV) Data/Format/HTML Programs that are capable of creating or working with files in HTML. Data/Format/ISO Programs that handle data stored in the ISO Disk Image files. Data/Format/PDF Programs that can read, create or manipulate PDF format files or data. Data/Format/RSS Programs which can create, read or manipulate files and data in the RSS (Rich Site Syndication) format. Data/Format/Tex Programs that create, read or manipulate files in the TeX format. Data/Format/XML Programs that create, read or manipulate XML files. Data/Formats Articles that describe a format of a File or Data stream Data/Indexing Programs that deal with the Indexing of data for faster searching and retrieval. Data/Knowledge Representation Programs that capture, query on or manipulate data in a format suitable for Knowledge Representation. Data/Processing Programs that perform some sort of non-trivial processing on Files or Data streams. Data/Processing/ETL Programs dedicated to the processing of data (usually databases) using the Extract, Transform and Load paradigm. Data/Processing/GIS Programs that create, query on or manipulate Geographically related data. Data/Processing/RDF Programs that create, read or manipulate data in the RDF format. Data/Processing/XSLT Programs that can handle XSLT processing. Data/Searching Programs dedicated to Searching for matches to queries in a dataset. Data/Standards Articles describing a Data Standard such as an open file format. Data/Storage Programs dedicated to the storage of Data.

Development Projects used in Software Development, including projects that provide Libraries. Development/Bug Tracking Bug and Issue Tracking tools for Developers Development/Build Tools Programs used to assist in the Building of other programs, does not include Compilers Development/Compilers Compilers for programming languages. Covers traditional compilers that compile to machine code as well as compilers that generate bytecode representations. Development/Embedded Programs and libraries that are typically used in an Embedded Computing environment. Development/Framework/.NET Programs and libraries which work within the Microsoft .NET Application Framework Development/Framework/GNOME Programs and libraries that work within the GNOME Application Framework. Development/Framework/Gecko Programs and libraries that work within the Gecko Application Framework. Development/Framework/KDE Programs and libraries that work within the KDE Application Framework Development/Framework/RubyOnRails Programs and libraries that work within the Ruby On Rails Application Framework Development/Framework/Web Programs that provide a Web Application Framework Development/Framework/Zope Programs or libraries that work within the Zope Application Framework Development/Frameworks Projects implementing a Development Framework. Development/Games Subclass of Development tools useful in the Development of Games. Development/Graphics Programs that assist in the use of Graphics in Software Development. Development/IDEs Subclass of development tools implementing Integrated Development Environments. Development/IPC Programs or libraries that assist in IPC. Development/Interface/GUI Programs that assist in the creation of GUI interfaces. Development/Interpreters Programming Language Interpreters. Development/Interpreters/Bytecode Interpreters for Bytecode executables Development/Language/ADA Programs that assist in development using the ADA language. Development/Language/ActionScript Programs that assist in development using the ActionScript language. Development/Language/Ada Programs that assist in Ada development. Development/Language/Assembler Programs that create, use or work with Assembler Development/Language/Awk Subclass of development tools capable of working with AWK programs or source code Development/Language/BASIC Programs that assist in BASIC development. Development/Language/Bash Programs that assist in Bash development. Development/Language/Boo Programs that assist in Boo development. Development/Language/C Subclass of Development Tools that have something to do with the C Programming Language Development/Language/C Sharp Programs that assist in C# development. Development/Language/C++ Indicates that the project facilitates C++ Development in some way. When used in conjunction with Development/Library indicates that the project provides a library with C++ bindings. Development/Language/CIL Programs that assist in CIL development. Development/Language/CSS Programs that assist in CSS development. Development/Language/Dao Programs that assist in Dao development. Development/Language/Eiffel Programs that assist in Eiffel development. Development/Language/Fortran Programs that assist in Fortran development. Development/Language/HTML Programs that assist in HTML development. Development/Language/Java Programs that assist in Java development. Development/Language/Javascript Programs that assist in Javascript development. Development/Language/Lisp Programs that assist in Lisp development. Development/Language/Logo Programs that assist in Logo development. Development/Language/Lua Programs that assist in Lua development. Development/Language/Modula-2 Programs that assist in Modula-2 development. Development/Language/Nemerle Programs that assist in Nemerle development. Development/Language/Objective C Programs that assist in Objective C development. Development/Language/Objective C++ Programs that assist in Objective C++ development. Development/Language/PHP Programs that facilitate development in the PHP Programming Language. Development/Language/Pascal Programs that assist in Pascal development. Development/Language/Perl Programs that assist in Perl development. Development/Language/Prolog Programs that assist in Prolog development. Development/Language/Python Indicates that the project facilitates Python Development in some way. When used in conjunction with Development/Library indicates that the project provides a library with Python bindings. Development/Language/R Programs that assist in R development. Development/Language/Ruby Programs which facilitate development in the Ruby Programming Language. Development/Language/Scheme Programs that facilitate development in the Scheme Programming Language Development/Language/Turing Programs that assist in Turing development. Development/Language/Visual Basic.NET Programs that assist in Visual Basic .NET development. Development/Languages This category should be used for projects that actually define or represent an actual programming language. It should not be used for projects that merely present a compiler/interpreter or tool for a language defined elsewhere - use Category Development/Language/<Foo> for that. Development/Library Projects that provide a library of code which can be used in a larger project. Can also include Plugins and Extensions where these are effectively libraries under a different name (i.e. only applies if they are used by Developers, not end-users) Development/Linkers Programs that handle the linking of object files into libraries and executables. Development/Parsers Programs that perform parsing. Development/Revision control Programs that provide Revision control facilities. Development/Toolkit Programs that implement a Development Toolkit. Development/Toolkit/Ajax Programs that provide facilities for using Ajax from within a browser. Development/Toolkit/GNOME Programs that make use of the GNOME toolkit. Development/Toolkit/GTK Programs that make use of the GTK toolkit. Development/Toolkit/Gecko Programs that make use of the Gecko toolkit. Development/Toolkit/Qt Programs that make use of the QT library and related facilities. Development/Toolkit/WxWidgets Programs that make use of the WxWidgets library and related facilities. Development/Toolkits Programs that implement a Toolkit. Development/Translators Programs that translate source code in one language into source code in another language. Not to be confused with Compilers that generate machine code or bytecode, neither of which is normally human-readable. Development/Web Programs that assist in Web Development

Games This category contains Games and other programs related to entertainment and leisure Games/4X Games that follow the '4X' paradigm (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate). Games/Artillery Artillery Games Games/Board Computer equivalents of Board Games Games/Card Electronic Card Games Games/FPS First Person Shooter style games. Games/Golf Golf simulation games. Games/Isometric Games using an Isometric viewpoint. Games/Logic Logic related games. Games/Multiplayer Games that can be played by multiple player simultaneously. Games/Music Games relating to Music. Games/Online Games that can played online. Games/Platform Platform Games. Games/Puzzle Games which require solving puzzles to progress. Games/Racing Games involving racing. Games/Racing/Tron Games which are similar to the Light Bikes sequence from the Disney film Tron. Games/Real-time based Games which are played in Real time. Usually relating to strategy games. Games/Role-playing Role-playing Games Games/Sci-fi Science Fiction related Games. Games/Simulation Games involving realistic simulation. Games/Simulation/Economic Economic Simulation Games usually focus on running a business or empire or similar activity and the accumulation of wealth. Games/Strategy Strategy Games Games/Turn-based Games in which player take it in turns to make a move.

Graphics Class of programs involved in the creation or display for graphics. Covers bitmap and vector images, and animations Graphics/3D Subclass of Graphics software designed to create, display or manipulate 3 Dimensional images or animations. Graphics/Animation Subclass of Graphics software capable of creating, displaying or performing other processing on animations. Graphics/Bitmap Programs which deal in the displaying, editing or manipulation of Bitmap Graphics images. Graphics/CAD Subclass of Graphics programs related to Computer Assisted Design. Graphics/Diagramming Programs with handle the drawing or displaying of diagrams. Graphics/Editing Programs specifically related to the editing of graphical images. Graphics/Image Galleries Programs which can be used to create and organise galleries and graphical images such as photographs. Graphics/Image Processing Programs which are used for non-trivial processing of graphical images. Graphics/Photo Programs which perform manipulation of graphical images in a manner most appropriate to photographs. Graphics/Plotting Programs that relate to Plotting. Graphics/Vector Programs that involve the creation, editing and manipulation of Vector Graphical images.

Multimedia This category is for programs related to the creation, playback and manipulation of Video, Audio and other media files. Also includes Music related programs such as scorewriters. Multimedia/Audio Programs dealing in the playback, recording or manipulation of audio files and streams. Multimedia/Audio/Synthesizing Programs that deal in the Synthesis of sounds and music. Multimedia/CD ripping Programs that extract tracks from CDs, DVDs and other optical media. Multimedia/CD writing Programs that control the writing of CDs, DVDs and other optical media. Multimedia/Codecs Programs that deal with the conversion of audio and video files in compressed formats. Multimedia/Containers Programs that deal with Multimedia Container files. Multimedia/Conversion Programs that handle the conversion of audio and video files between formats. Multimedia/Editing Programs that are used to edit audio or video files Multimedia/Music Programs that deal with Music. Multimedia/Music/Scorewriters Programs that allow the creation and editing or musical scores. Multimedia/Music/Tag Editing Programs that deal with editing the Tag information in MP3 and other audio files. Multimedia/Optical Disc Programs which deal with audio and video data stored on Optical Disc. Multimedia/PVR Programs which implement Personal Video Recorders. Multimedia/Playback Programs which handle the playback of audio and video files Multimedia/Podcasting Programs that allow the creation or playback of Podcasts. Multimedia/Screencasting Programs which have to do with Screencasting. Multimedia/Streaming Programs which handle streaming audio and video data. Multimedia/TV Programs that have features specific to television technology. Multimedia/Video Programs that deal with video files and streams.

Networking Programs related to Networking and Communication Networking/Analysis Programs that facilitate the analysis of data transferred on a network. Networking/Cryptography Programs dealing with the encryption of data sent over a network. Networking/E-mail Programs that handle the sending, receipt and storage of e-mail messages. Networking/E-mail/Lists Programs that manage mailing lists. Networking/E-mail/Spam Programs that deal with unsolicited bulk email. Networking/File managers Programs that deal with the management of files stored over a network. Networking/File sharing Programs that deal with the sharing of files via a network. Networking/File transfer Programs that deal with the transfer of files over a network. Networking/Groupware Programs that allow collaboration by a group of people interacting over a network. Networking/Home automation Programs that allow automation of electronic devices around the home. Networking/Instant Messaging Programs that facilitate real-time textual communication between users. Networking/Management Programs that deal with Network Management tasks. Networking/Protocol/AIM Programs that implement the AOL Instant Messaging protocol. Networking/Protocol/Bittorrent Programs that implement the Bittorrent peer-to-peer file transfer protocol. Networking/Protocol/FISH Programs that implement the FISH file transfer protocol. Networking/Protocol/FTP Programs that implement the FTP file transfer protocol. Networking/Protocol/GMailFS Programs that implement the Google Mail File System protocol. Networking/Protocol/Gnutella Programs that implement the Gnutella peer-to-peer file transfer protocol. Networking/Protocol/Gopher Programs that implement the Gopher protocol. Networking/Protocol/HTTP Programs that implement that HTTP protocol. Networking/Protocol/IRC Programs that implement the Internet Relay Chat protocol. Networking/Protocol/Jabber Programs that implement the Jabber protocol. Networking/Protocol/NNTP Programs that implement the Network News Transfer Protocol. Networking/Protocol/SFTP Programs that implement the Secure FTP file transfer protocol. Networking/Protocol/Yahoo! Programs that implement the Yahoo! instant messaging protocol. Networking/RSS Programs that implement the Really Simple Syndication protocol. Networking/Security Programs that deal with Network Security. Networking/Usenet Programs that deal with the reading and posting to Usenet news groups. Networking/VoIP Programs that allow communication using Voice over IP. Networking/Web Programs that deal with the World Wide Web.

Office Software for Offices and Business Office/Business Intelligence Programs that deal with Business Intelligence. Office/CRM Programs that implement Customer Relationship Management features. Office/Content management Programs that implement Content management features. Office/DTP Programs that deal with Desktop Publishing. Office/ERP ERP related programs. Office/Finance Finance related programs. Office/Human resource management Programs related to Human resource management. Office/Middleware Programs that implement a Middleware layer. Office/Notetaking Programs with specific features for notetaking. Office/Office suites Office suites. Office/PIM Personal Information Management software and tools Office/Presentation Programs that deal with the creation and display of Presentations. Office/Project management Programs that deal with the management of projects. Office/Spreadsheet Spreadsheets programs. Office/Word processors Word processing programs.

Science Programs related to Science and Mathematics Science/AI Programs that have Artificial Intelligence related features. Science/EDA Programs relating to Electronic Design Automation. Science/Electronics Programs that are related to the field of Electronics Science/Electronics/EDA Programs that have EDA related features. Science/Field/Astronomy Programs that are related to the field of Astronomy. Science/Field/Chemistry Programs that are related to the field of Chemistry. Science/Field/Computer Vision Programs that are related to the field of Computer Vision. Science/Field/Electronics Programs that are related to the field of Electronics. Science/Field/Engineering Programs that are related to the field of Engineering. Science/Field/Linguistics Programs that are related to the field of Linguistics. Science/Field/Mathematics Programs that are related to the field of Mathematics. Science/Field/Medicine Programs that are related to the field of Medicine. Science/Field/Phonetics Programs that are related to the field of Phonetics. Science/Field/Physics Programs that are related to the field of Physics. Science/Field/Statistics Programs that are related to the field of Statistics. Science/Mathematics Programs that are related to the field of Mathematics. Science/Simulation Programs that are related to the field of Simulation.

System This category is for programs that are typically used to boot, run and operate the computer, or to perform some function which is notionally 'below' the application layer. System/Administration Program is meant to be used for system administration. System/Compatibility Program is meant to assist in compatibility issues. System/Desktop shell Programs implements a Desktop shell (Windows only) System/Distributions This category is for projects that distribute and administer a large collection of software packages. System/Distributions/Debian Related to the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. System/Distributions/Fedora Related to the Redhat Fedora distribution. System/Distributions/Linux Article describes an Linux Distribution. System/Distributions/LiveCD Article describes a Linux Distribution which can be run directly from CD without installation. System/Driver Program is a hardware driver. System/Driver/Cameras Program is a hardware driver for digital cameras. System/File systems Program implements a file system. System/Kernel Program implements an operating system kernel. System/Kernel Modules Program is a loadable module for an operating system kernel. System/Kernel/Features Program provides additional features to an operating system kernel. System/Kernels Implementation of an operating system kernel. System/Printing Program facilitates printing. System/Security Program is related to System Security. System/Windowing systems Programs implements low-level windowing functionality for a GUI System/X Windows Program is related to the X Windows system. System/X Windows/Desktop environments Program implements a Desktop environment. System/X Windows/Window managers Program implements a Window Manager. System/X Windows/Window managers/Tiling Program implements a Window Manager which does not support overlapping windows.

Text Programs that deal with the viewing, editing and processing of plain text. Text/Editing Text editors and other tools designed to modify text files. Text/Editing/Emacsen The Emacsen category is intended to contain all articles relating to the extended Emacs family of text editors. This includes both editors that claim to be an emacs, and plug-in packages that extends one of the emacsen. Text/Editing/HTML Program has specific functionality for the editing of HTML text. Text/Editing/Outlining Program has outlining functionality. Text/Editing/Vi Program implements features associated with the Vi text editor. Text/Editing/WYSIWYG Program implements "What You See Is What You Get" functionality. Text/Processing Program deals with non-trivial processing of text. Text/Processing/PDF Program deals with non-trivial processing of PDF documents Text/Processing/PostScript Program deals with non-trivial processing of Postscript documents. Text/Processing/TeX Programs deals with non-trivial processing of TeX documents. Text/Processing/Template engines Program implements a Template engine. Text/Processing/Troff Program implements the processings of Troff documents. Text/Viewing Program is a text viewer.

Web This category is for programs that are usually associated with the World Wide Web e.g. Browsers, Blogs, Forums. Programs which deal with Web-related protocols should instead be categorised under Networking. Similarly programs with functionality which is not exclusively web-related, but merely has a Web interface should be categorised under the appropriate categories and in Interface/Web Web/AJAX Program implements AJAX functionality. Web/Blogging Program deals with the creation and reading of Blog entries. Web/Browser/Extensions Programs that implement an extension for a Web browser. Web/Browsers Web Browsers Web/Browsers/Firefox-based Web browsers based on Mozilla Firefox. Web/Content management Programs that implement Content management functionality. Web/Embeddable Programs that deal with the World Wide Web and are suitable for use on embedded devices. Web/Forums Programs that allow the creation and administration of Web Forum sites. Web/Mozilla-based Programs that implement Web functionality based on Mozilla technology. Web/Servers Programs that act as Web Servers. Web/Servers/Application Programs that act as Web-based Application Servers. Web/Wiki Programs that implement Wikis