A standalone program is a program that is fully self-contained. Microsoft Word and Excel are examples of standalone programs. You can purchase and install them separately, and they functions perfectly well all by themselves. However, standalone programs require a lot of storage space. For example, if you purchase Word and install it and then purchase Excel and install it, neither program would know about other, nor would they share any resources, such as menus, drivers, graphics libraries, or tools. Obviously, this is a very inefficient way to install and use software when the programs have so many resources they could share.
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