Following software is used campus wide and is recommended by users:
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Program Name
|
Description
|
Operating System
|
Licensing*
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| Acdsee |
Image Viewer. This program supports most of the image formats. |
Windows 95/98/NT |
Shareware
|
| Internet Explorer | One of the most commonly used browser. | Windows/Macintosh |
Freeware
|
| McAfee AntiVirus | A must get program if you browse the web or get files from other people. | Windows 95/98/NT |
Shareware
|
| Media Player | Movie/music Player. Newest program supports the new MPEG format (MPG4) | Windows 95/98/NT |
Freeware
|
| Netscape | Famous browser used to browse the web. Also has mail client and other useful utilities. | Windows/Macintosh |
Freeware
|
| NCSA Telnet | A telnet client to read e-mail and use other UNIX based programs. | Macintosh |
Freeware
|
| QuickTime | Multimedia viewer. Also supports QTVR (used to do 360 degree movies) | Windows/Macintosh |
Freeware
|
| Winamp | Plays most music types including music CD's and mainly created for playing mp3's. Common file extension .mp3 | Windows 95/98/NT |
Shareware
|
| Winzip | Used to extract compressed files. Common file extension .zip | Windows 95/98/NT |
Shareware
|
*Shareware is type of licensing where you can use the program for certain time limit. After the time limit if you continue to use the software, you will have to pay for the software. Freeware on the other hand is for free. You can use it without paying for it, for as long as you want.
Note: If you would like to include another software on this list, please e-mail to us with the name and location where we can find it. If we decide that it is a useful link which our campus community can benefit from, we will include it in our list. Thanks.