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{{Quote|''A computer without programs is like a phonograph without records — it won't play.''<ref>[[Improving COBOL Applications Can Recover Significant Computer Resources]], at 1.</ref>}} == Definitions == '''Software''' (also '''computer software''') is {{Quote|a collection of one or more [[program]]s or [[microprogram]]s [[fixed]] in any [[tangible medium of expression]].<ref>U.S. [[Export Administration Regulations]], Part 772 (15 C.F.R. Β§772.1).</ref>}} {{Quote|the [[instruction]]s and associated [[information]] that control the operations of [[computer]]s and their components. It includes [[firmware]], [[systems software]], [[programming software]] (including [[programming language]]s and [[compiler]]s), and [[software development]] [[environment]]s. It also includes [[application software]] for [[data]] and [[information]] [[capture]], creation, [[manipulation]], [[modification]], [[transmission]], [[storage]], [[search]], [[access]] or [[retrieval]], and [[visualization]].<ref>[[President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology]], Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World An Assessment of the Federal Networking and Information Technology R&D Program (Aug. 2007) ([http://www.nsf.gov/geo/geo-data-policies/pcast-nit-final.pdf full-text]).</ref>}} == References == <references /> == See also == <div style="{{column-count|3}}"> * [[Access control system]] * [[Application]] * [[Assembly language]] * [[Commercial computer software]] * [[Commercial software]] * [[Communications software]] * [[Community software]] * [[Computer program]] * [[Computer software]] * [[Content-control software]] * [[COTS]] * [[Deliverable software]] * [[Generated software]] * [[Homegrown software]] * [[Hosted software]] * [[Machine instruction]] * [[Machine language]] * [[Mass-market software]] * [[Middleware]] * [[Modified off-the-shelf software]] * [[Noncommercial computer software]] * [[Object code]] * [[Open source]] * [[Patch]] * [[Programming language]] * [[Programming tool]] * [[Remote control software]] * [[Software-closed architecture]] * [[Software-of-unknown-pedigree]] * [[Software-as-a-Service]] * [[Software as a trade secret]] * [[Software bundler]] * [[Software client]] * [[Software compatibility]] * [[Software development]] * [[Software development kit]] * [[Software Development Life Cycle]] * [[Software distributor]] * [[Software engineer]] * [[Software framework]] * [[Software industry]] * [[Software library]] * [[Software license]] * [[Software life cycle]] * [[Software modification]] * [[Software package]] * [[Software patentability]] * [[Software piracy]] * [[Software protection]] * [[Software publisher]] * [[Software robot]] * [[Software security]] * [[Software suite]] * [[Software support]] * [[Software testing]] * [[Software update]] * [[Software validation]] * [[Software vendor]] * [[Software verification]] * [[Software versioning]] * [[Source code]] * [[System modification software]] * [[Testware]] </div> [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Software]] [[Category:Definition]]
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