Definition of Software

1. Noun. (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory. "The market for software is expected to expand"


Definition of Software

1. Noun. (computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware. ¹

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Definition of Software

1. written or printed data used in computer operations [n -S]

Medical Definition of Software

1. Sequential operating instructions for a particular problem or function to be run on a digital computer. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Software

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softsynth
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software (current term)
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Literary usage of Software

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"software testing executes functions of C3I systems and subsystems. 0639 software Engineering Directorate Department of Defense, Department of the Army US ..."

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