Index_C

C

Capacity, 27

Cell phones, 142, 144

Certificate authority, 155-156, 159-160, 286-287

Challenge-response protocol, 152-154

Ciphertext. See Cryptography

C languages, 99, 101, 233, 368n12

Cleanroom, 271

Client-servers, 110-114

independent vendors and, 178-184

protocols and, 236

rich, 134-135

thin, 134-135

COBOL, 101, 232

Coexistence, 131

Cohesion, 88

Collaboration tradition, 45

Common Language Runtime (CLR), 99, 104

Common object request broker architecture (CORBA), 214, 218-219, 223

standards and, 237-238, 240, 244

Communication, 22, 202-204

application software and, 42-45

ASPs and, 180-184

independent vendors and, 178-184

layering and, 213-214

network externality and, 52-55

service providers and, 176-177

sociotechnical applications and, 46-48

software industry and, 207-209

suppliers and, 190

Community-based development, 78-81, 227

Community license, 273

Competition, 326-327

antitrust and, 296-299

resource sharing and, 338-342

Compilers, 100-104

Complimentarity, 93, 324-325

Component software

description of, 247-250

evolution of, 251-252

make vs. license decisions and, 244-247

portability and, 250-251

revolution of, 252-255

standards and, 255-260

Web services and, 260-263

Composability, 62-63, 87, 93-94

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 139-140, 290

Computers

as information appliance, 353-355

mobile, 357-360

Moore's law and, 26-37

overlapping phases and, 32

processors and, 21

programmability and, 23

Computing

pervasive, 355-357

suppliers and, 178-179

Confidentiality, 160-162

Congestion-induced delay, 28

Congestion pricing, 342

Consultants, 133, 174-176

Convergence, 207-209

Conway's law, 86, 172

Copying, 18-20

Copyleft license, 273, 275

Copy Protection for Removable Media (CPRM), 280-283

Copyright, 316, 326. See also Property rights

DMCA and, 283-284

expression and, 270-271

piracy and, 272-272

rights management and, 276-284

Core competencies, 219-222

Coupling, 88, 174-175

Crackers, 59, 135-136, 281. See also Security

Cramming, 29

Cryptography, 152, 154, 267

accountability and, 162-164

Arms Control Export Act and, 285-286

ciphertext, 153

confidentiality and, 160-162

digital certificates and, 155-160

digital signature and, 162-164

property rights and, 269-270

rights management and, 276-284

session key and, 162

Customers. See also Users

distribution and, 186-188 (see also Distribution)

lock-in and, 317-320

pricing and, 330-334

relationship management (CRM), 180

security and, 136-137

suppliers and, 185-188

switching costs and, 317

value chain and, 185-188