Many other BBS networks followed the example of FidoNet, using the same standards and the same software.

Many commercial BBS software companies that continue to support their old BBS software products switched to the shareware model or made it entirely free.

Many platforms rely on emulation, the simulation of an older platform in software, to achieve backward compatibility.

" Many bugs are discovered and eliminated ( debugged ) through software testing.

Many NASA based operations interact and identify each other through command programs called software.

Many rendering algorithms have been researched, and software used for rendering may employ a number of different techniques to obtain a final image.

* Lossy codecs: Many of the more popular codecs in the software world are lossy, meaning that they reduce quality by some amount in order to achieve compression.

Many would also find it unacceptable that an ISP, whether by law or by the ISP's own choice, should deploy such software without allowing the users to disable the filtering for their own connections.

Many types of content-control software have been shown to block sites based on the religious and political leanings of the company owners.

Many legal scholars believe that a number of legal cases, in particular Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, established that the use of content-control software in libraries is a violation of the First Amendment.

Many processes for software development were in their infancy, with few standard or " best practice " approaches defined.

Many companies began to market expert systems shells from universities, renamed " generators " because they added to the shell a tool for writing rules in plain language and thus, theoretically, allowed to write expert systems without a programming language nor any other software.

Many of them hold that it is immoral to prohibit or prevent people from exercising these freedoms and that these freedoms are required to create a decent society where software users can help each other, and to have control over their computers.

Many protocol extensions have been and are being developed by the software vendors and free gnutella developers of the GDF.

Many advocate using the more recent and nuanced alternate terms when describing criminals and others who negatively take advantage of security flaws in software and hardware.

Many customers kept using their old software and one of the features of the later System / 370 was the ability to switch to emulation mode and back under operating system control.

Many 386 upgrade kits were advertised as being simple drop-in replacements, but often required complicated software to control the cache and / or clock doubling.

Many modern IDEs also have a class browser, an object inspector, and a class hierarchy diagram, for use with object-oriented software development.

Many reference laboratories, such as Quest Diagnostics and Dynacare, use MUMPS software written or based on by Antrim Corporation code.

Many large businesses including Dell, Disney, WorldCom, and the BBC used this WebObjects software for a short period of time.

Many reference works are available in electronic form and can be obtained as software packages or online through the Internet.

Many software editors and IDEs have automated refactoring support.

Many software engineers work as employees or contractors.

Many smaller computer companies had come and gone in the 1950s, wiped out when new technical developments rendered their platforms obsolete, and even large companies like RCA and General Electric were failing to make a profit in the market.

Many client libraries, browsers, and server platforms ( including Apache and Microsoft IIS ) support gzip.

Many data-centric telecommunications platforms such as routers and Ethernet switches utilize distributed switching on separate cards within an equipment chassis.

Many variants of JOSS were developed and implemented on a variety of platforms.

Many platforms also contain an area underneath the edge of the platform so people who by any chance fall off the platform can seek shelter from incoming trains.

Many web development platforms contain direct links to target databases-MySQL being particularly common.

Many xUnit frameworks exist for various programming languages and development platforms.

Many of the principles that apply to aircraft also apply to ships, submarines, and offshore platforms.

Many platforms have been based on the core Windows CE operating system, including Microsoft's AutoPC, Pocket PC 2000, Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 SE, Windows Mobile 5. 0, Windows Mobile 6, Smartphone 2002, Smartphone 2003, Portable Media Center, Zune, Windows Phone and many industrial devices and embedded systems.

; Control changes: Many projects are created by many teams, sometimes in various locations, different platforms may be used, etc.

Many of these applications were introduced using VMI's service centers and then migrated to company operated platforms.

Many times, Mercury models shared platforms with Ford products, such as the Mercury Cougar ( shared with the Ford Mustang, Thunderbird, and Elite ), the Mercury Bobcat ( shared with the Ford Pinto ), or the Mercury Comet ( shared with the Ford Falcon, Fairlane, and Maverick ).

* Level boarding: Many BRT systems also use low-floor buses ( or higher boarding platforms level with the floor of buses without low floors ) to speed passenger boardings and enhance accessibility to disabled passengers.

Many unofficial variations of Breakout were created for home computer platforms such as Apple II Plus, TRS-80 and PC.

Many common platforms ( listed below ) support WSI-BP but do not support services outside of it.

Many web platforms include tools for integration with a CDN, such as the W3 Total Cache plugin for the WordPress platform.

Many boats are historical vessels and replicas which require coordinated manual labor to sail, operating in the original tradition proposed by Alan Villiers and Irving Johnson such as the Picton Castle while others are purpose built educational platforms carrying out scientific research under sail such as the Robert C. Seamans and the Corwith Cramer of the Sea Education Association.

Many levels also have moving platforms, buttons that control the speed and direction of moving parts, and other various obstacles.

Many of these elections were successful, involving candidate debates, formal platforms, and the initiation of secret ballot boxes.

Many American commuter railroads who operate the Comet railcars made by Bombardier have trap doors to accommodate loading and unloading of passengers on both high-level and ground-level platforms.

Many stations on this section had island platforms which have since been removed-this is evident with wide gaps between station platforms as stations such as Winchfield.

Many ATE platforms used in the semiconductor industry output data using Standard Test Data Format ( STDF )