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Collaborative software or groupware is application software designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals. One of the earliest definitions of groupware is "intentional group processes plus software to support them."
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Collaborative software | is a | broad concept that overlaps considerably with computer-supported cooperative work | 0.90 | text |
| Boeing | instance of | and big companies | 0.80 | text |
| IBM started using electronic meeting systems for key internal projects | instance of | and big companies | 0.80 | text |
| telephones | instance of | Communication technology | 0.80 | text |
| instant messaging | instance of | Communication technology | 0.80 | text |
| and e-mail are generally sufficient for conversational interactions.Transactional interaction involves the exchange of transaction entities where a major function of the transaction entity is to alter the relationship between participants.In collaborative interaction | instance of | Communication technology | 0.80 | text |
| the main function of the participants' relationship is to alter a collaboration entity | instance of | Communication technology | 0.80 | text |
| Collaborative software | related to Collaborative software and human interaction | The | 0.60 | section |
| Collaborative software | related to Collaborative software and human interaction | Collaboration | 0.60 | section |
| Collaborative software | related to Collaborative software and human interaction | Some | 0.60 | section |
| Collaborative software | related to Collaborative software and human interaction | Understanding | 0.60 | section |
| Collaborative software | related to Groupware | Collaborative | 0.60 | section |
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