The following is the base code required to generate an infobox. One can copy and paste the base code into an article and insert relevant information in front of the "=" signs. Removing HTML comments ("<!--", "-->" and anything between these two) is optional. To avoid accidental misuse, this base code does not have a handful of parameters that must be handled with absolute care and are not normally needed, such as {{param|bodystyle}}.
{{Parameter names example|_template=|name|logo|logo alt|logo caption|screenshot|screenshot alt|caption|author|developer|released|latest release version|latest release date|latest preview version|latest preview date|status|programming language|operating system|platform|size|language count|language|language footnote|genre|license|alexa|website|repo|standard|AsOf}}
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{{Infobox software
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{{Infobox software
| name = GIMP
