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This site is still under continued construction and expansion, and user's feedback and cgi scripting talent is welcomed. The software cataloging is done by volunteer staff of the CCiC. Some links may not be updated. Please refer to the ftp sites for latest files.
CCiC directory name | CNapps LIST name | Description |
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amiga | first OS with Multitasking and a GUI in color for mass market by Amiga Technologies. | |
atari | platform with decent video-system, and good sound system, but no longer in production by Atari Corporation. | |
dos | Disk Operating System by Microsoft | |
linux | a freely-distributable implementation of UNIX for 80386, 80486 and Pentium machines originally written by Linus Torvalds, Helsinki, Finland. | |
mac | a platform by Apple Computers | |
ms-win | a windows operating system by Microsoft, Taiwan or Hong Kong | |
next | OS optimized for developing and deploying object-oriented
applications by NeXT Software Inc for Mach 486, Sun SPARC, HP PA-RISC, and Intel machines. | |
os2 | operating system by IBM for the PC | |
unix | any variety of unixes for workstations or terminals, currently being standardized by the X/Open (now known as the Open Group). | |
vms | VMS (Virtual Memory System), now known as OpenVMS, was first conceived in
1976 as a new OS for Digital's 32-bit VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) and Alpha computer systems. | |
x-win | vendor-neutral, system-architecture
neutral, network-transparent windowing and user interface standard, by the X Consortium. |
data | data useful for Chinese software programmers. | |
fonts | fonts for many software across different operating systems. | |
info | Software Info | information about Chinese software and FTP sites. |
mule | utilities & packages for multilingual emacs editor. | |
tex | a software system written by Donald Knuth to typeset text, especially text containing mathematics. | |
misc | utilities & packages that doesn't fit in any other category. |
Under directory labeled with the corresponding operating system, some popular software are stored in separate subdirectories, but most software are arranged in subdirectories according to their functions.
banner | utilities to create Chinese words with ASCII characters. |
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c-sys | for Chinese system extensions and patches. |
c-utils | for Chinese related utilities. |
convert | for utilities converting among different Chinese
file formats such as GB, BIG5, Hz, zW, UTF-8, UTF-7 codes |
editor | for editors and word processors |
edu | for learning tools |
input | for input methods/utilities/dictionaries/engines |
viewer | for viewers |
for printing utilities | |
misc | for misc. software such as games |
networking | for networking software, ie gopher, mail, news |
utils | for file compression, packing and conversion utilities,
etc. These utilities are not specially for Chinese files.
But they are handy for the purpose of saving disk space
and ease of handling.
.arj .lzh .zip .zoo are mostly DOS compressed or packed files.
.tar .Z .gz .shar are mostly Unix compressed or packed files.
.hqx .sea .sit is mostly Mac compressed or packed files.
MIME utilities are to code binary/text files for
EMAIL/WWW transfer. |
www | for World Wide Web browser, editors, and utilities |
Software authors, please read submission guidelines for uploading and cataloging. Also, obsolete software should either be revised or recalled by the software author. ftp.ifcss.org is aliased to phaiakon.nmsu.edu [128.123.1.55], and ccic.ifcss.org [140.247.100.248]
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