Editing Third-party software component (section)

In [[computer programming]], a '''third-party software component''' is a [[Reusability|reusable]] [[software component]] developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Trew |first1=T. |last2=Soepenberg |first2=G. |chapter=Identifying Technical Risks in Third-Party Software for Embedded Products |title=Fifth International Conference on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'05) |date=2006 |pages=33–42 |doi=10.1109/ICCBSS.2006.18|isbn=0-7695-2515-6 }}</ref> The third-party software component market is supported by the belief that '''component-oriented development''' improves efficiency and [[Software quality|quality]] when developing custom applications.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nierstrasz |first1=Oscar |last2=Gibbs |first2=Simon |last3=Tsichritzis |first3=Dennis |title=Component-oriented software development |journal=Communications of the ACM |date=1992 |volume=35 |issue=9 |page=160|doi=10.1145/130994.131005 }}</ref> Common third-party software includes [[Macro (computer science)|macros]], bots, and software/scripts to be run as add-ons for popular developing software. In the case of [[Operating system|operating systems]] such as [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista|Vista]] or [[Windows 7|7]], there are applications installed by default, such as [[Windows Media Player]] or [[Internet Explorer]].