computer software

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computer software - (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; "the market for software is expected to expand" software, software package, software program, software system, package computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions alpha software - a first release of a software product that is usually tested only by the developers authoring language - software that can be used to develop interactive computer programs without the technically demanding task of computer programming beta software - software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it" compatible software - software that can run on different computers without modification compatible software - application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together computer-aided design, CAD - software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing freeware - software that is provided without charge groupware - software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" subprogram, subroutine, procedure, routine, function - a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program shareware - software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc. shrink-wrapped software - software on CD-ROMs that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform) spyware - computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent supervisory software - specialized programs that reside permanently in the computer's main memory and control the processing of user's programs software documentation, documentation - program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs database management system, DBMS - a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database upgrade - software that provides better performance than an earlier version did