What Is Software Made of, Assuming That Software Is Something That Exists?

On paper, such lines consist of ink lain down in certain agreed-upon patterns. In the computer and on storage media such lines consist of agreed-upon sequences of 0s and 1s. What do you "consist of", assuming you physically exist - or are we playing the linguistics game here?

1. What's the difference between software engineering and software project?

A software project is a limited time effort to produce discrete piece of software. Software projects end. Software engineering does not end

2. Best free writing software?

I use paper and pencil for outlining. To be more precise, I use loose sheets of paper and scissors, to cut and rearrange story elements. I later number the paper snippets with a thick black felt pen (so I wo not loose their ordering if they get mixed up).Paper and pencil has several unbeatable advantages to me:You can order your thoughts any way you like. Most software forces you to order your story elements in a linear fashion, and from top to bottom. That is not how my stories are represented in my mind. I need my story elements to be arranged side by side, from left to right, like a timeline. And I need the option to lay other elements above or below that linear development. There are mindmapping tools that allow this kind of ordering, but:No matter how many computer screens you have and how large they are, with a long plot and many story elements they will never all be visible and readable at the same time. Either you see the whole mindmap, but then the text is so tiny that you can no longer read it; or you zoom in to read some text, but then the relation to the other parts becomes invisible. In other software the elements of your story will be in different windows, stacked one behind the other.On my floor, all my paper snippets are visible at the same time, and bending forward to read something everything else still easily lies within my 160 field of view and the relation between parts is never hidden.While computer software allows for easy cut-and-paste, it is still extremely cumbersome and slow in relation to just moving paper snippets around. When I work with pencil and paper, I am offline. Do not underestimate the powerful distraction that a computer connected to the internet poses. Google for this. Most professional writers set up their work space so that they have no internet access. With pencil and paper, you are offline without the need for self-control. There just is no internet. And even if the computer is running next to you, you are not at it and there is some effective obstacle between what you do and where you are and surfing the net.Finally, I just feel more myself when I work without a computer. There are studies that have shown that writing by hand increases creativity. It has other beneficial effects. Again, google it. For me, my well-being is a good enough indicator: I just feel more happy and relaxed when I do not type into a computer.But of course I do use a computer and writing software for much of what comes after outlining. "Writing software" does not need any special functionality. Novels have been written by hand and on typewriters for centuries. The less options you have, the more focussed you will be on your writing (especially if you have ADHD and might be tempted to fiddle with layout and such). George R. R. Martin is writing on a DOS plain text editor. It does not show in his novels. Many others use plain text editors (such as Notepad). Personally, while I do use Scrivener to compose my writing, I often use TextWrangler to work on sections that I then copy-paste to Scrivener (and italicize, where appropriate). I would not use Word, as it has too many irrelevant and confusing options for me, but if that's what you have, then use it where I use Scrivener and switch to something better whenever you can afford it.My workflow looks like this:That is, my actual writing is done in three "apps": notebook, plain text editor, and writing software. I do not always use them all, and not always in the above order. Sometimes I take notes in a plain text editor on my laptop while on the bus; sometimes I copy ideas from my notebook directly to Scrivener; sometimes I directly write from my head into Scrivener; sometimes I go back to writing into my notebook (or plotting on my paper slips) from typing at the computer.To explain my workflow:I use a plain text editor because it is just text and allows me to completely focus on my writing. I use Scrivener, because in the end I want to see the text as it might look like in print, with a nice font and italicized words. I do not know what you will need for your writing, so just download and try out different apps and see which feel most comfortable and inspiring to you. Most apps have free trial versions, and even paid writing software often is not very expensive. Scrivener costs 40 dollars and has an educational license for 35. TextWrangler (Mac only) is free, for Windows there is Notepad (also free).If you really want free and a great look, then learn some basic HTML, write in Notepad and look at the finished text in your web browser. HTML is easy to print or convert to PDF, RTF or any other format, and Word can open HTML and save it to Word format, if you need that. All you need to do is enclose paragraphs in

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3. Have you bought any software ( Microsoft, Adobe, ... ) software from China ?

China is the grand poobah of pirated software. How it makes it through customs is beyond me