software

[ˈsɔftˌwɛɹ]

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Computer software or simply software is any set of machine-readable instructions that directs a computer's processor to perform specific operations. Computer software contrasts with computer hardware, which is the physical component of computers.
Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and their associated documentation. The word software is also sometimes used in a more narrow sense, meaning application software only.
At the lowest level, executable code consists of machine language instructions specific to an individual processor – typically a central processing unit (CPU).

Definition of software in English Dictionary

NounSUF-ware
1. (computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - Engineers manually optimizing a structure using simulation software often employ an iterative approach where in each iteration they change the structure slightly and resimulate.
  - Since election boards aren't actually willing to preapprove these forms for software companies, Dean, as a presidential candidate, submits his own forms.
  - We reprogrammed the software to allow it to be controlled by speech recognition.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.
  - After a week of poring over the manuals, I am just beginning to get a handle on the software.