Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry

technology (IT); Software

cryptography and, 153-154

defined, 13, 37

diffusion of, 29

digitalization and, 14-18

frameworks and, 255-260

future and, 361-363

government and, 301-304 (see also Government)

hardware and, 14, 22-23, 26-29

ICs, 25

layers of, 24-25, 38

magnetic storage and, 34

Moore's law and, 26-37

performance metrics and, 26-29

privacy and, 143-144

research and, 300-306

scaling and, 352

security and, 145-166 (see also Security)

shared secret and, 156-160

slowing advance of, 351-352

SSL and, 160, 162

standards and, 255-260 (see also Standards)

transfer, 300-304

transistor and, 33-34

Telephony, 190, 207

infrastructure and, 202-204

layering and, 214-215, 217-218

mobility and, 359-360

value chain and, 181-183

Television, 277, 279-280

Thin clients, 134-135

Throughput, 27, 57

Title Key (TK), 281

Total average delay, 28

Total cost of ownership, 134-135

Trademarks, 275-276

Trade secrets, 268-270

Transducers, 14-15, 365n1

Transistor, 33-34

Transition planning, 133

Transmission control protocol (TCP), 211-213, 218, 233, 238

Trust, 104-105

TRUSTe, 292-293

Trusted authority, 155