Business name word
Software
Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/, /ˈsɔf(t)ˌwɛɹ/
What “Software” means
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.
- Recorded music content, as opposed to the hardware necessary for reproducing it.
- Soft goods, such as textiles.
Where the word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English software Computing sense from soft + -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined by John Tukey in 1958. The earlier sense of software to mean tangible products with a soft texture may have fallen out of common usage before the computing sense was created.
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