software

Meaning

Noun

  • Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
  • The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.

Related

Narrower meaning words

  • embedded software

Origin

  • From soft + -ware, by contrast with hardware. ; first used in print by Richard Carhart in 1953.

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