software

Software is the programs and routines for a computer or the program material for an electronic device which make it run.

(noun)

An example of software is Excel or Windows or iTunes.

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See software in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. ☆ the programs, routines, etc. for a computer or computer system
  2. ☆ the program material, as a film on a videocassette, that is used with electronic equipment

See software in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Computer Science
The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation.

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