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A content management system (CMS) is a software application that allows users to create, manage, and modify digital content on a website. It provides a user-friendly interface and tools to easily organize, publish, and update content, including text, images, videos, and documents. Additionally, CMSs often offer features like user permissions, version control, and SEO optimization to enhance the overall website management experience. {{sfn|Barr|2006|p=129}}
A content management system (CMS) is a software application that allows users to create, manage, and modify digital content on a website. It provides a user-friendly interface and tools to easily organize, publish, and update content, including text, images, videos, and documents. Additionally, CMSs often offer features like user permissions, version control, and SEO optimization to enhance the overall website management experience. {{sfn|Barr|2006|p=129}}
Some popular examples of CMS include [https://wordpress.com/ WordPress], [https://www.wix.com/ Wix], and [https://www.blogger.com/about/?bpli=1 Blogger].
Some popular examples of CMS include [https://wordpress.com/ WordPress], [https://www.wix.com/ Wix], and [https://www.blogger.com/about/?bpli=1 Blogger].
==== Desktop Word Processors ====


==== Image Processing Software ====
==== Image Processing Software ====


==== Online Word Processors ====
==== Word Processors ====
[https://www.google.com/docs/about/ Google Docs] and [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration SharePoint] allow documents to be readily disseminated. Comment capability allows audience members to interact about a document with one another as well as with the document author. Relationships created by such online interaction fosters an environment whereby online authors might choose to link the works of various others to their own personal websites. In all, technical documentation posted online can grow a considerable audience over time. However, many aspects of effective technical writing, such as clarity, conciseness, completeness, and correctness, still need to be applied to technical writing created for digital interfaces. {{sfn|Carroll|2010|p=24}}
Word processors are software applications designed for creating, editing, and formatting documents on a computer. They provide a wide range of features, such as spell-checking, grammar-checking, and the ability to insert images and tables. These programs are typically used for tasks like writing essays, creating reports, or drafting professional documents. {{sfn|Carroll|2010|p=229}}Some popular software applications are [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word Microsoft Word], [https://www.google.com/docs/about/ Google Docs][https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration , SharePoint], and [https://www.apple.com/pages/ Apple Pages].These programs allow documents to be readily disseminated. Comment capability allows audience members to interact about a document with one another as well as with the document author.  


==== Text Editors ====
==== Text Editors ====
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