問21
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あるソフトウェアは, 定額の料金や一定の期間での利用ができる形態で提供されている。この利用形態を表す用語として, 適切なものはどれか。
令和6年度 ITパスポート試験 問21
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問 21
Incorrectア
Activation refers to the procedure of performing product authentication (enabling the license) so that purchased software can be used legitimately. It is an authentication task to prevent illegal copying, and is not a term that describes a usage form based on fee or period.
Incorrectイ
Adware is a word that refers to a kind of software that operates by displaying advertisements on the screen (an advertising-revenue type), and is not a term that describes a usage or contract form such as fixed fee or period.
- ウ
正解 Subscription refers to a provision and contract form in which, rather than owning (buying outright) the software, you pay a fixed fee to obtain the right to use it only for a certain period. Its characteristic is that you can use it only while under contract paying a monthly or yearly fee, and use stops once you cancel; this matches exactly the form in the question, “used for a fixed fee or for a fixed period of time”. Therefore the correct answer is Subscription (ウ).
Incorrectエ
Volume license refers to a contract form in which a company or the like purchases, in bulk, the licenses for software used on many devices. It is a mechanism for bundling multiple licenses at a lower price, and is not a word that describes the form of “using it for a fixed fee for a certain period”.
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- Subscription = a provision and contract form in which you do not buy the software outright but use it only for a certain period for a fixed fee (mainstream in cloud services and license sales).
- Distinguishing confusing terms: Activation (the product authentication procedure) / Adware (advertisement-displaying software) / Volume license (a bulk contract for multiple copies) are none of them words that describe the usage form itself.
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