OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 902

software

/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
programa • software • soporte lógico • sóftwer
Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
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 e…
The "software" comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic cal…
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