The list of free downloadable software’s and other online application are growing on a daily basis. These software may came as an online reference material or encyclopedia, an offline single-paged application or a full fledge software.
Generally there are different type of software, some are free wares (which means that they are available to any one without change) others are share ware which implies that they are available only for a stated period of time usually in form of a demo application after which they will request for full payment before one can have access to it. There are many reason why a program developer many decide to make their software available for download without charge. These free downloadable software may be available either freely from the developer or from a second party that has obtained license to the software, or even from big cooperate bodies.
They are available to the general public for different reasons depending on the source of download.
Some source use the free software’s as a means to creating awareness about their existence. Some others include it as part of the service they are offering. Others give it as an additional benefit for the purchase of some of their product.
Caution should be raised when obtaining free software from sites that are not trusted since that gives malicious programmers opportunity to insert virus codes into the “free software. ”
Currently Available list of free downloadable software includes but not limited to free browsers, free games, free animations, free graphing tools, encyclopedia. The list is endless.
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