Wares?
While you look in technology lots of wares are encountered.
What are these wares?
Why are there so many of them?
Well wares as per dictionary could simply be translated to products.
Technology is filled full of them, to segregate them into different types.
And, we humans like to name everything we see or create. And, now there is valid reason too; so we can identify which is what and does what.
So, let’s get our brain dirty with the words.
Hardware
The most common of them could be and the word is used in other works too.
In Technology, it is collaboration of multiple electronic devices to work as single unit system.
It is the only one which can be physical seen and touched, within this list.
Software
First of all it is “soft” than it’s counterpart hardware. Which means it can be changed easily.
It is a program that can run on wide variety of hardware systems.
They are also called as Applications also widely.
More importantly, it can be sub-divided into other wares within the list.
Firmware
Now, this first software that runs on any hardware and are specific to each hardware.
The name is kept as “firm” is because it is not “easy”/”soft” to change and neither is it “hard” but needs a good amount of effort.
This the one that is not changed as often as other softwares but doesn’t gets updated with some feature that hardware can perform but didn’t do previously.
Middleware
As, the name suggests this ware sits between any two “wares”. It’s purpose is to connect them ways they can work together to make a bigger ware.
The firmware above can be taken as an example of it. As, it is the one that provides the Operating System (OS) for your tech to communicate with the hardware.
The Middleware is used a lot in softwares to create bigger ones and then classified into other wares or just plain Application with classification not ending in -ware.
Adware
These are applications that are meant for advertising, providing application creator to show adverts with there software.
Now, the thing is everyone wants something for there work in some form or other and money talks a lot.
They do get irritating sometimes a lot. And, there have been some other programs to get ride of in many cases called widely as AdBlockers. They do take away a source of income for creators; and on diminishing returns they look for other means.
Fatware
Fatware is a program that is inefficient and takes up lots of resources.
Bloatware
Vaporware
Malware
Ransomware
These wares are used to hold systems captive so that ransom could be asked for regaining access.
They ususally restrict access to system by encrypting file on hard disk.
Scareware
These wares are software are fictional malwares which are non-functional as such from point of what they say they do.
They trick users by making them believe the computer has been infected and suggests to download fake applications or pay for some service or software.