Software Definition

sôftwâr, sŏft-
noun
The programs, routines, etc. for a computer or computer system.
Webster's New World

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware.

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See also software.
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Origin of Software

  • From soft +"Ž -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself"). Coined 1953 by Paul Niquette; first used in print by John Tukey 1958.

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