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The following software titles are either found on SSC lab machines, SSC Unix Servers, or are of general interest to our faculty, staff and students. Additional information can be found at:

To view software for Zambezi, please sort by Windows 2003. To view software for the Social Sciences Computing labs, please sort by Windows XP. To view software for the UNIX servers, please sort by UNIX.

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Name Description
A2Ps A2Ps: format files for printing on a PostScript printer
Adobe Acrobat Reader Plug-in reader to view files that are in PDF format.
ArcGIS Program for desktop geographic information analysis and mapping.
CuteFTP File transfer program allowing users to move files between computers across a network.
CVS CVS is the Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system. CVS
Data Desk Data Desk 6 brings fast, easy-to-use visual analysis to your desktop with its powerful tools for data exploration.
EcoBeaker EcoBeaker is the a program for teaching environmental science, ecology, and evolution.
Emacs Emacs is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp
ENVI ENVI is a powerful, easy to use remote sensing software package.
EViews A forecasting and econometric analysis software program.
Gauss GAUSS is a scientific data analysis and visualization package for efficiently solving large scale problems.
Geoda The design of GeoDa consists of an interactive environment that combines maps with statistical graphics, using the technology of dynamically linked windows
Ghostscript Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.
Ghostview Ghostview is a full function user interface for Ghostscript.
JOE JOE is a powerful ASCII-text screen editor.
Limdep Limdep is a program that has a variety of tools for estimation and analysis of linear and nonlinear models.
Lynx Lynx is a text browser for the World Wide Web.
MapInfo Professional A desktop mapping software package.
Mathcad With its easy-to-use scratchpad interface, instant recalculation advantages, and open architecture supporting .NET and native XML format, Mathcad speeds you to personal and organizational productivity.
Mathematica A software system for numerical, symbolic, and graphical computations and visualization.
MATLAB MATLAB allows users to produce the following objectives: algorithm, analysis, graph, report, and simulation.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft's Internet browser program for accessing the World Wide Web.
Microsoft Office An integrated suite of applications from Microsoft, which include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox3 is our mature, integrated application suite that includes browser, email and newsgroup client, chat client, and an HTML editor.
MPlus The Mplus Base program estimates models with continuous latent variables representing factors and random effects. It provides factor analysis models, path analysis models, structural equation models (SEM), and growth models.
NcFTP NcFTP Client (also known as just NcFTP) is a set of FREE application programs implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
NEdit NEdit is a multi-purpose text editor for the X Window System.
Netscape Netscape is faster than previous versions, has new, enhanced security features and, most importantly, gives you a choice when it comes to browsers.
Perl Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language.
Pine Pine is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages.
ProCite Database application for bibliographic references
Python Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development.
Quicktime Quicktime is a multimedia technology architecture enabling products from Apple and third parties.
R R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
Real Player Multimedia Internet streaming application using Real Media
ROXIO Easy CD-Creator ROXIO allows you to burn CDs with its easy to use software and interface.
Samba Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
SAS The SAS System is an integrated suite of software for enterprise-wide information delivery functioning on four data-driven tasks common to virtually any application -- data access, data management, data analysis and data presentation.
Shazam SHAZAM processes command files and produces an output file of results.
SimEcon Economic Issues and Principles: Modules THese modules can now be downloaded or used for free online: http://www.csupomona.edu/~aebresnock/simecon/
Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus protects your network, desktop and even remote laptop computers from the latest viruses, Trojans, worms and spyware.
SPSS SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a comprehensive, integrated system for data manipulation and statistical data analysis.
SSH SSH is an FTP client which encrypts passwords and sessions. This prevents hackers from "man in the middle" attacks and password hacks.
StarLogo Programmable modeling environment designed to help you model and explore the workings of decentralized systems.
Stata Stata is a programmable, statistical software for Windows.
StatTransfer Application used to move data between worksheets, databases and statistical packages.
SUDAAN SUDAAN is a single program comprising a family of analytic procedures.
TeX TeX is a macro processor, and offers its users a powerful programming capability.
Topofusion TopoFusion is GPS Mapping software for Windows.
Ucinet A comprehensive package for the analysis of social network data as well as other 1-mode and 2-mode data.
UNIX Command prompt driven operating system.
vile Vile is a text editor. vile retains the "finger-feel", if you will, of vi, while adding the multiple buffer and multiple window features of emacs and other editors.
Vim Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing.
wGet GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
Windows Media Player Windows Media player is an all in one player for audio formats and video formats.
XEdit XEdit allows you to display, edit, create, save, and load files in an easy to use edit window.
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