SOFTWARE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of software in English

(Definition of software from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of software from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of software from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of software

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Bioquant image analysis software was used to determine the area of each circular lesion, which was later used to calculate the radius of each lesion.
The former hinges on the possibility of software agents being regarded as legal persons in the eyes of the law.
Figure 6 shows the different parts of the simulation software.
This makes it difficult to specify a large system as the composition of smaller components, which is a common practice, for example, in software engineering.
My sense is that software is a good place to star t: every student "linking" two "packages" soon experiences the problem.
Aiming at this requirement, this paper presents the design and implementation of a software architecture for a reconfigurable real-time multiprocessing system for multi-robot control.
However, improvement following the use of the software in both experiments was limited to different presentation and variations on taught stimuli.
Contemporary non-linear recording software has added the visual dimension to editing sound in a way that simply wasn't present in tape-based formats.
The development of various chess-playing software enabled the robot to play chess with people intelligently.
Without this enabling institutional framework, none of the software or hardware designed for musical purposes could have been developed.
Views on software engineering and development has dramatically changed over the last decade, taking a modular view on complex software systems.
Our analysis indicates that the overwhelming majority of attacks are the result of malformed input exploiting a software vulnerability of a network-attached process.
The most common application areas for software multiagents are the solution of dynamic and distributed resource allocation problems, as well as cooperative expert systems applications.
All are vulnerable to software bugs, however, at any time and so the liability of software companies needs to be ascertained.
An example guideline is that each user should be paired with a software agent that will be able to act on the user's behalf.
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Collocations with software

software

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accounting software
Our accounting software caters for multi-currencies.
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advanced software
Secondly, by employing advanced software engineering methodologies and more generic system architectures.
anti-virus software
The company is specialized in the development of anti-virus software and security solutions.
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Translations of software

in Chinese (Traditional)
(電腦)軟體…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(计算机)软件…
in Spanish
software, sistema operativo [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
software, software [masculine]…
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सॉफ्टवेअर / संगणकाला माहिती पुरवण्याची सामग्री…
ソフトウェア…
yazılım programları, yazılım…
logiciel [masculine], logiciel…
programari…
programmatuur, software…
ஒரு கணினி என்ன செய்கிறது என்பதைக் கட்டுப்படுத்தும் வழிமுறைகள், கணினி நிரல்கள்…
सॉफ्टवेयर, कंप्यूटर के प्रोग्राम…
કોમ્પુટરે શું કરવું તેની સૂચનાઓ, કોમ્પુટર પ્રોગ્રામ…
software…
mjukvara…
perisian…
die Software…
programvare [masculine], programvare…
سافٹ ویئر, کمپیوٹر پروگرام (وہ ہدایات جو کمپیوٹر کے کام کوکنٹرول کرتی ہیں)…
програмне забезпечення…
программное обеспечение…
సాఫ్ట్ వేర్…
بَرْنامَج…
সফটওয়ার, একটি কম্পিউটার কি করবে তা নিয়ন্ত্রিত করার নির্দেশ, কম্পিউটার প্রোগ্রাম…
programové vybavení počítače…
perangkat lunak, peranti lunak…
โปรแกรมต่าง ๆ ที่ใช้กับเครื่องคอมพิวเตอร์…
phần mềm…
oprogramowanie, programy, software…
(컴퓨터) 소프트웨어…
software…
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