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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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noun

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

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(sôftˈwârˌ, sŏftˈ-)

noun
Computer Science

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

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