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I think the definition of a software engine should be: a computer program that outputs source code or markup code that becomes the input to another computer process. The analogy is that of one process driving another process, with the computer code being burned as fuel. An example of a software engine would be the Wikipedia engine, as it outputs HTML to your browser. A software engine differs from other software processes in that other software processes output data, not computer code. Timhowardriley 21:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
The present article (almost identical to the above comment) is far from capturing what people mean when they say "software engine". A better definition would include the range of examples listed under Engine (disambiguation). Whiner01 00:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I agree with the current definition that a software engine is a code generator that runs other applications. Two dispute tags have been inserted into the article because editors think a software engine is a more general term, referring simply to the core program in a multi-layered application. (This is my interpretation; please correct me if I'm wrong.) Because the term software engine is a neologism, it cannot be sourced. However, the term is already used in articles and needs a consensus for a definition. After a good discussion of what a software engine is, I hope that the article can have the two dispute tags removed. Timhowardriley ( talk) 17:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
The blurb up top suggests that Engine means core, plain and simple. The section below suggests (in a round about way) that it's an abstract word that can't be clearly defined in computational terms. Also, "it's not a rule, just a tendency" is a strange thing to say. Original research? Come to think of it, I'm not sure "core" can be defined in terms of computer science either. 83.251.83.131 ( talk) 19:03, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Not sure the term software engine is a neologism, as Merriam Webster Unabridged has definition 7 that reads, " : computer software that performs one or more fundamental functions especially of a larger program <a database engine> " Pgrisier ( talk) 16:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
AFAIK, "Software engine" is not different from any Software or Computer program or Software system Ushkin N ( talk) 04:22, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 |
I think the definition of a software engine should be: a computer program that outputs source code or markup code that becomes the input to another computer process. The analogy is that of one process driving another process, with the computer code being burned as fuel. An example of a software engine would be the Wikipedia engine, as it outputs HTML to your browser. A software engine differs from other software processes in that other software processes output data, not computer code. Timhowardriley 21:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
The present article (almost identical to the above comment) is far from capturing what people mean when they say "software engine". A better definition would include the range of examples listed under Engine (disambiguation). Whiner01 00:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I agree with the current definition that a software engine is a code generator that runs other applications. Two dispute tags have been inserted into the article because editors think a software engine is a more general term, referring simply to the core program in a multi-layered application. (This is my interpretation; please correct me if I'm wrong.) Because the term software engine is a neologism, it cannot be sourced. However, the term is already used in articles and needs a consensus for a definition. After a good discussion of what a software engine is, I hope that the article can have the two dispute tags removed. Timhowardriley ( talk) 17:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
The blurb up top suggests that Engine means core, plain and simple. The section below suggests (in a round about way) that it's an abstract word that can't be clearly defined in computational terms. Also, "it's not a rule, just a tendency" is a strange thing to say. Original research? Come to think of it, I'm not sure "core" can be defined in terms of computer science either. 83.251.83.131 ( talk) 19:03, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Not sure the term software engine is a neologism, as Merriam Webster Unabridged has definition 7 that reads, " : computer software that performs one or more fundamental functions especially of a larger program <a database engine> " Pgrisier ( talk) 16:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
AFAIK, "Software engine" is not different from any Software or Computer program or Software system Ushkin N ( talk) 04:22, 23 May 2016 (UTC)