11.   -- A company like Microsoft hires programmers who create software that is then sold to customers.

12.   -- Open source computing involves a loosely knit group of programmers creating software that is given away free.

13.   A corporate in-house programmer for example, might use Delphi to create software for tracking purchasing orders.

14.   Both companies also shared a strong background in creating software for linking PCs to diverse computer systems.

15.   But he said Microsoft was taking the first steps to create software that would compete in such markets, based on personal-computer and work-station technology.

16.   But like all recipes for meatloaf, all cooking software is not created equal.

17.   But it also creates software of its own.

18.   But Sony showed some teeth this month when it cracked down on a programmer who created software enabling the robot to dance disco.

19.   But researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., have created software that tricks most viewers into believing someone is speaking words they never said.

20.   Carr said Autodesk is developing a second new niche by creating software to allow companies to exchange electronic designs over the Internet.