Software of unknown pedigree

SOUP stands for software of unknown (or uncertain) pedigree (or provenance), and is a term often used in the context of safety-critical and safety-involved systems such as medical software. SOUP is software that has not been developed with a known software development process or methodology, or which has unknown or no safety-related properties.

Often, engineering projects are faced with economic or other pressure to embody SOUP into their high integrity systems.

The problem with SOUP is that it cannot be relied upon to perform safety-related functions, and it may prevent other software, hardware or firmware from performing their safety-related functions. The SOUP problem is therefore one of insulating the safety-involved parts of a system from the SOUP and its undesirable effects.

SOUP is now a defined term ("Software Of Unknown Provenance") in some medical device regulations through the standard IEC 62304:2006 "medical device software – software life cycle processes". It is not prohibited to use SOUP but additional controls are needed and the risk needs to be taken into account. Specific practices to take when using SOUP as part of a medical device may include review of the vendor's software development process, use of static program analysis by the vendor, design artifacts, and safety guidance.

Soup (novel)

Soup is a 1974 children's novel by Robert Newton Peck.

Its main characters are two boys, Robert (the narrator) and his close friend Luther, better known as "Soup". It takes place during the 1930s in a small town in Vermont where the author also grew up, and deals with the daily lives of the main characters. Soup is a well-meaning, but mischievous schemer, constantly coming up with elaborate plans that invariably land him and Robert in trouble. Robert is more sensible but less wily, and frequently finds himself conned into doing Soup's dirty work. However, they are best friends and watch out for one another. Their frequent villain is school bully Janice Riker and Eddy Tacker, and Robert has a mad crush on the lovely Norma Jean Bissel.

Typical moments include the boys losing their clothes and stealing more from a rummage sale that has only women's, or Soup painting his name on a barn without permission and running the "p" over onto the corner, causing the farmer to yell "'Souf'! I'll get you 'Souf'!"

Soup (Blind Melon album)

Soup is the second album by the American alternative rock band Blind Melon, released eight weeks before vocalist Shannon Hoon's fatal drug overdose, making it his final album with the band.

Thematically, the album is much darker than the band's multi-platinum debut. "2 X 4" is about Hoon's experience at a drug detox, the country-tinged "Skinned" is about serial killer Ed Gein, "Car Seat (God's Presents)" is about Susan Smith who killed her children by driving her car into a lake in Union, SC, and "St. Andrew's Fall" is about suicide by jumping from a 20-story building. When asked about "Mouthful of Cavities" the band's guitarist, Rogers Stevens, was quoted as saying, "It's probably about the convoluted nooks and crannies of Shannon's brain." It featured haunting harmonies between Shannon Hoon and female vocalist Jena Kraus. Alternatively, "New Life" is about the birth of Hoon's daughter Nico Blue, "Wilt" is about having bad breath, although in Captain Beefheart-esque lyrics, "Galaxie" is about Hoon's experience with his car, a 1964 Ford Galaxie, and "Lemonade" is a tongue-in-cheek song about a bar brawl.

Finally... (One True Thing album)

Finally... is One True Thing's debut album.

Track listing

External links

Finally... at Allmusic

Finally... (EP)

Finally... is an EP by Duluth, Minnesota slowcore group Low, released in 1996.

Track listing

Track one originally from The Curtain Hits the Cast. Tracks two and three originally from the vinyl version of the aforementioned album. Track four is previously unreleased. Tracks 2-4 can be found on A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities.

Finally (film)

Finally (or sometimes "The Animals & Beyond") is a documentary about Eric Burdon. It was released in 1991 on VHS and in 2003 on DVD. It features clips from 1964 - 1970 and some from 1991.

People who were interviewed in this documentary including Sammy Hagar, John Steel, Chas Chandler, Zoot Money, Hilton Valentine, Brian Auger and Eric Burdon.

Clips of John Weider, War and Jimi Hendrix were also shown.

The film shows live recordings of See See Rider, Talkin' 'Bout You, Hey Gyp, Wild Thing (Jimi Hendrix), Good Times, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, We Gotta Get out of This Place and video clips of Monterey, When I Was Young, House of the Rising Sun, Spill the Wine and many more. A short clip of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (performed by Burdon & Brian Auger Band) is also included.

In October 2008 it was re-issued.

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