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Science and Technology--Free Software (Spanish)

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Flat metallic card with irregular shapes cut out and printed text on the bottom. Spanish captions.

Due to the development of computers and the growing number of programmers who develop new and improved software, there has been a wave of illegal software use, known as piracy. Companies are making advances in technology and increasing the number of computer programmers in an effort to reduce piracy. This is the Free Software model.

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Runtime: 22 minutes 20 seconds

Topic: History, Language Arts, Science, Technology
Subtopic: Computer Software, Computers, Inventions, Spanish Language
Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
Release Year: 2012
Producer/Distributor: UNAD/Dicapta
Series: Science And Technology (Spanish)
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Person looking at a computer screen with a complex image. Spanish captions.

Crowd of mostly young people. Spanish captions.

Dark-haired woman in a purple shirt sits at a desk operating a black computer. Spanish caption with Hernando Bernal narrating. La Universidad Nacional Abierto y a Distancia llegó en un momento muy complejo.

Yellowed magazine ad with a photo of a man holding up a magazine on the left, and a sketch of a hand pointing above a radio with various Spanish text on the right. Spanish caption. Monseñor Salcedo vio a la rado como el media a través del cul.

Large room filled with people sitting at long, white tables looking at laptop computers. A few people walk around, and a large projection screen is behind them. Spanish caption. De calidad coherente con su modelo académico pedagógico.

Elderly man with white hair wears a tan and white checkered shirt and brown slacks while sitting in a white chair on a patio with tree trunks and green plants in the background. Spanish caption. Soy Alberto Araujo Merlano.

Black and white photo of man's face and that man in a science lab. Spanish captions.

Person sitting at a computer. Spanish captions.

Model of an airport surrounded in green spaces. Spanish captions.

Multiple images of various angles of a futuristic looking white bus with large windows, bright headlights, and purple neon lights on the exterior. Spanish caption. Que está proyectado el 2020.