A portable application (portable app), sometimes also called standalone software, is a computer program designed to operate without changing other files...
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PAD or Portable Application Description is a machine-readable document format and specification designed by the Association of Software Professionals and...
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Portable application creators allow the creation of portable applications (also called portable apps). They usually use application virtualization. No...
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For the purposes of this list, a portable application is software that can be used from portable storage devices such as USB flash drives, digital audio...
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Turbo (software) (redirect from Virtual Application Studio)
services developed by the Code Systems Corporation for application virtualization, portable application creation, and digital distribution. Code Systems Corporation...
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Portable Executable (PE) is a file format for executables, object code, dynamic-link-libraries (DLLs), and binary files used on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows...
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is an application virtualization and portable application creator suite by VMware that can package conventional Windows applications into portable applications...
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created by John T. Haller. The application allows Firefox to be run from a USB flash drive, CD-ROM, or other portable device on any Windows computer or...
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PortableApps.com is a website that distributes free applications for Windows that have been packaged for portability. These portable applications are...
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Rufus (software) (category Portable software)
Reliable USB Formatting Utility, with Source) is a free and open-source portable application for Microsoft Windows that can be used to format and create bootable...
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Standalone software (redirect from Stand-alone application)
program that does not require operating system's services to run A portable application, which can be run without the need for installation procedure Stand-alone...
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programming interface (API), application server, application virtualization, application lifecycle management and portable application apply to all computer...
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DLL hell (section Portable applications)
hell Extension conflict Portable application Portable application creators JAR hell "Avoiding DLL Hell: Introducing Application Metadata in the Microsoft...
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MuseScore (section Portable application)
does not create or edit scores. MuseScore Studio also runs as a portable application. It can be installed onto a regular hard disk drive or stored on...
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Portable application creators Comparison of application virtualization software Shim (computing) Virtual application Emulator "Microsoft Application Virtualization...
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PDF (redirect from Portable document format)
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting...
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up. For instance, an application wrapping API would permit an administrator to control who can download a portable application and whether corporate...
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Glk is a portable application programming interface (API) created by Andrew Plotkin for use by programs with a text interface; these programs mostly include...
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another computer Software portability, software that can easily be ported to multiple platforms Portable applications, applications that do not require any...
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Dependency hell (section Portable applications)
several forms: An application depends on many libraries, requiring lengthy downloads, large amounts of disk space, and being very portable (all libraries...
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be avoided merely by holding Shift. Bundle (OS X) Application Virtualization Portable application creators "RISC OS 3.7 User Guide, 1 The desktop". Acorn...
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class of modern applications that do not need installation and are located on a detachable storage device are known as portable applications, as they may...
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The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December...
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shareware distribution packages. Portable Application Description (PAD) is used to standardize shareware application descriptions. PAD file is an XML...
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the Office applications. Turbo (software) Amazon AppStream 2.0 is an Application Virtualization platform. rollApp Cameyo Portable application creators Software...
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from open source projects, portable application, such as the PortableApps platform and the 300+ available software applications which can be downloaded with...
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the application logic and system interfaces. When software with the same functionality is produced for several computing platforms, portability is the...
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Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization is an application virtualization and portable application creation console by Novell that allows a user to build...
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Netpbm (redirect from Portable Pixmap File Format)
used and defined by the Netpbm project: portable bitmap format (PBM) portable graymap format (PGM) portable pixmap format (PPM) PBM, PGM and PPM, sometimes...
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AppImage (formerly known as klik and PortableLinuxApps) is an open-source format for distributing portable software on Linux. It aims to allow the installation...
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