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.

See software in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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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noun
Computer Science

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

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