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title: 3 Types of Software
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# 3 Types of Software

[Bret Victor](/bret-victor)'s first essay, “[Magic Ink](https://worrydream.com/MagicInk/#p73)” menttioned that there're three types of software on the earth.

- To learn: Information Software
- To create: Manipulation software
- To communicate: Communication software

* Regarding [Software Takes Command](/Software_Takes_Command), Lev Manovichはこんな感じのこと書いてた

  - software: ぜーんぶ
  - application software: the subset of the software
  - media software: the subset of the application software