Software that comes with a computer, tablet or smartphone. The operating system is the primary pre-installed software component. However, there may be several pre-installed applications as well, in ...

Software that is developed for a profit. For example, Windows is a paid operating system, while macOS is free. The reason is that Apple makes a profit on its Mac computer hardware, whereas Windows ...

An amendment to the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has changed the widely accepted definition of open source software, which has the potential to lead to confusion across the open source community.