GROUPWARE

software applications that facilitate shared work over long distances on documents and information. Groupware supports person-to-person collaborations and includes Lotus Notes , Livelink from Open Text Intranets , E-mail , Silent Meeting Systems , Videoconferencing , etc. A good reference for groupware is found in http://www.collaborate.com/chapt1.html . Netscape's discussion of groupware is at http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/communicator/faq.html . See also Collaboration and CMC .