Computer programs, databases recorded on non-magnetic media, namely ROM and CD-ROM media, and databased recorded on magnetic media, interpreters, interfaces, language tools and development tools for use in creating applications and other programs used in coordinating, programming and operating machine tools, robots, measurement systems, vision systems, and other automation equipment; application development tools, namely database interface modules, data sharing modules, hardware interface modules, language functions and constructs, interpreters user interface modules and controls, computer language editors, and database editors, for use in developing user-specific machine and process control applications programs; development tools, namely communication network interface modules, data constructs, network and database access routines, and modules, for use in providing communication to and synchronization between independent automation, processing, and data collection systems over local area networks, wide area networks, enterprise wide networks, and globally interconnected computer networks