software
See also: Software
English
Etymology
From soft + -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined 1953 by Paul Niquette;[1] first used in print by John Tukey 1958.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔftˌwɛɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
software (uncountable)
- (computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
- 1958, John W. Tukey, "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" in The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 65, no. 1 (Jan. 1958), pp 1-9:
- The "software" comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its "hardware" of tubes, transistors, wires, tapes and the like.
- 1995, Paul Niquette, Softword: Provenance for the Word ‘Software’:
- As originally conceived, the word "software" was merely an obvious way to distinguish a program from the computer itself. A program comprised sequences of changeable instructions each having the power to command the behavior of the permanently crafted machinery, the "hardware."
- 1958, John W. Tukey, "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" in The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 65, no. 1 (Jan. 1958), pp 1-9:
Usage notes
Software is a mass noun (some software, a piece of software). By non-native speakers it is sometimes erroneously treated as a countable noun (a software, some softwares).
Hyponyms
- application software
- data-oriented software
- kitchen table software
- malware
- object-based software
- object-oriented software
- on-premises software
- proprietary software
- schlockware
- shareware
- spyware
- system software
- See also Thesaurus:software
Derived terms
Related terms
- firmware
- hardware
- software assurance
- software crisis
- software design
- software engineering
- software state
- vaporware
Descendants
- → Amharic: ሶፍትዌር (softwer)
Translations
encoded computer instructions
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See also
References
- "Part 0. Introduction: The Software Age", Softword: Provenance for the Word 'Software', 2006 by Paul Niquette, →ISBN, adapted from article first published in 1995 in author’s magazine, Sophisticated: The Magazine, →ISBN (archival links)
Czech
Declension
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | software | softwary |
| genitive | softwaru | softwarů |
| dative | softwaru | softwarům |
| accusative | software | softwary |
| vocative | software | softwary |
| locative | softwaru | softwarech |
| instrumental | softwarem | softwary |
Synonyms
- programové vybavení
- programové prostředky (rare)
Derived terms
- reklamní software
- softwarový
- svobodný software
- vyděračský software
- škodlivý software
- špehovací software
- špionážní software
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
Italian
Norman
Portuguese
Romanian
Declension
declension of software
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) software | software-ul | (niște) software-uri | software-urile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) software | software-ului | (unor) software-uri | software-urilor |
| vocative | software-ule | software-urilor | ||
Synonyms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsof.weɾ/
Synonyms
Derived terms
Expressions
- software dañino
- software de extorsión
- software espía
- software libre
- software malicioso
- software publicitario
See also
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