SOFTWARE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
   Synonym(s)
   • package (what does package mean?)
   • software package (what does software package mean?)
   • software system (what does software system mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the market for software is expected to expand
   Hypernyms(s) software is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • code (what does code mean?)
   • computer code (what does computer code mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • hardware (what does hardware mean?)
   • computer hardware (what does computer hardware mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • alpha software (what does alpha software mean?)
   • authoring language (what does authoring language mean?)
   • beta software (what does beta software mean?)
   • compatible software (what does compatible software mean?)
   • compatible software (what does compatible software mean?)
   • computer-aided design (what does computer-aided design mean?)
   • CAD (what does CAD mean?)
   • freeware (what does freeware mean?)
   • groupware (what does groupware mean?)
   • operating system (what does operating system mean?)
   • OS (what does OS mean?)
   • program (what does program mean?)
   • programme (what does programme mean?)
   • computer program (what does computer program mean?)
   • computer programme (what does computer programme mean?)
   • routine (what does routine mean?)
   • subroutine (what does subroutine mean?)
   • subprogram (what does subprogram mean?)
   • procedure (what does procedure mean?)
   • function (what does function mean?)
   • shareware (what does shareware mean?)
   • shrink-wrapped software (what does shrink-wrapped software mean?)
   • supervisory software (what does supervisory software mean?)
   • software documentation (what does software documentation mean?)
   • documentation (what does documentation mean?)
   • database management system (what does database management system mean?)
   • DBMS (what does DBMS mean?)
   • upgrade (what does upgrade mean?)