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what software is

• the programs and other operating information used by a computer.Compare with hardware. "the software industry"
• Software is a set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks. Opposite of hardware, which describes the physical aspects of a computer, software is a generic term used to refer to applications, scripts and programs that run on a device. Software can be thought of as the variable part of a computer and hardware the invariable part.Shareware- usually distributed on a free or trial basis with the intention of sale when the period is over.
• Liteware- a type of shareware with some capabilities disabled until the full version is purchased.Freeware- can be downloaded for free but with copyright restrictions. Public domain software- can be downloaded for free without restrictions.Open source- a type of software where the source code is furnished and users agree not to limit the distribution of improvements.
• Organized information in the form of operating systems, utilities, programs, and applications that enable computers to work.
• Software consists of carefully-organized instructions and code written by programmers in any of various special computer languages. Software is divided commonly into two main categories System software: controls the basic (and invisible to the user) functions of a computer and comes usually preinstalled with the machine See also BIOS and Operating System. Application software: handles multitudes of common and specialized tasks a user wants to perform, such as accounting, communicating, data processing, word processing.