Stand-Alone

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An HD DVD stand-alone player

With the English term stand-alone (German standing alone ) refers equipment , hardware or software that can autonomously perform without any additional equipment functioning. They are a result of modular construction .

equipment

This term is often used in connection with playback devices in entertainment electronics. In the case of hi-fi systems, a distinction is made between the tower principle of stand-alone devices and the compact system. A stand-alone CD player , which in principle works without any additional devices, is differentiated from a CD drive, which must be built into a PC for operation .

software

In the area of ​​software, a program is referred to as stand-alone that works independently of external program libraries, does not have to be installed and can therefore be used anywhere, or in which the interpreter of the programming language is compiled so that an executable file is created (see article Portable Software ). This is sometimes also used to describe software that runs without an operating system.

Extensions in website frameworks (component, module)

On the web, the long-widespread content management systems often form the core of an Internet presentation. These systems can be expanded with specific functions in different ways, but mostly arbitrarily. If such functional extensions find a broad user base, favored by their intensive use, the focus there is on constant further development. The original core, to which the extension is linked, then usually only has a boot function and can be executed in the background, among other things. U. slow down the entire unit. In order to counteract this and out of this process, many extensions have already been made, like today better than z. B. blog , Internet forum or web gallery known, to independent websites - frameworks rewritten and thus freed from the "start-up aid" so that they can now be operated autonomously as a stand-alone variant.

Games add-on

Furthermore, the term “stand-alone add-on” is often used in connection with computer games that, after their name, could be an add-on , but can also be played alone without the main game. For example, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade or Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an add-on as well as independently running software. Such stand-alone titles then contain the executable game software and their own content such as missions, maps, Units etc. but not the old content of the original game. In order to be able to play the original content, the original game must be installed accordingly.