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Asked: 2020-09-17 20:37:27 +0800 CST 2020-09-17 20:37:27 +0800 CST

Does a Script count as software, strictly speaking? [closed]

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All types of code can be uploaded to online repositories where other developers can access it, this makes it necessary to apply licenses to make explicit the freedoms of said code.

Even a single Script can be uploaded to Github, and it can have a license file. Strictly speaking the licenses apply to Software as such, so can a single script, of whatever nature, be valid as software?

Wikipedia defines software as any piece of code that gives instructions to a computer. Counting as code and as a computer to the most primitive or low level. Under this definition it is completely valid. What is your opinion about it?

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    Script definition according to Wikipedia:

    In computing, a script, script or script (translating from English) is an informal term used to designate a relatively simple program .

    In other words, a script is a computer program. Seeing in turn the definition of computer programs we see that:

    A collection of computer programs and related data is known as software . [...] According to their functions, computer programs are classified into system software and application software .

    So it can be concluded that a script is a type of software . Depending on the function it performs, it could be considered system software or application software.

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