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BJP MP Pragya Thakur - an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case who is out on bail - made a brief appearance at a special NIA court in Mumbai today, before rushing off to get admitted to the city's Kokilaben Hospital. A child injured when a car plowed into a Wisconsin Christmas parade has died, taking the death count from the tragedy to six, a local prosecutor said Tuesday as the suspect appeared in court. President Joe Biden has invited around 110 countries to a virtual summit on democracy in December, including major Western allies but also Iraq, India and Pakistan, according to a list posted on the State Department website on Tuesday. Australia on Wednesday listed all of Hezbollah as a "terrorist organisation", extending an existing ban on armed units to the entire organisation, which controls much of Lebanon. New Zealand will keep its borders closed to most international travellers for a further five months, the government said on Wednesday, outlining a cautious

What Is Free Software?

If software is faulty, it can delete a person's work, crash the computer and do other unexpected things. Faults and errors are called "bugs" which are often discovered during alpha and beta testing. Software is often also a victim to what is known as software aging, the progressive performance degradation resulting from a combination of unseen bugs. Software Sentence Examples The terms "software," "program" and "application" are synonymous and commonly interchanged in the same discussion. See system software, application software, information system, data processing and wares.Software Is Not DataA common misconception is that software is data. Software became popular in the 1970s and 80s with the arrival of personal computers. Apple released Apple II in 1977, an 8-bit home computer and one of the world’s first successful mass-produced microcomputer products. However, a license that requires modified versions to be nonfree does not qualif