Большой англо-русский словарь:
software
имя существительное;
информатика и компьютерные технологии
программное обеспечение (ПО), компьютерные программы, "софт"
Например: pirated software — пиратское ПО
anti-virus software — антивирусное ПО
to design / develop / write software — проектировать, разрабатывать, писать ПО
to install software — устанавливать ПО
-
free software
-
public domain software
-
industry standard software
-
commercial off-the-shelf software
-
commercially available software
Англо-русский словарь компьютерных терминов:
software
(SW) программное обеспечение, ПО,
используется в разговорной речи софт
общее понятие, описывающее программы для компьютеров в отличие от его аппаратных составляющих (hardware). При этом не уточняется, в каком виде представлены программы (в исходных текстах или в исполняемом коде). ПО делится на два больших класса - системное (
system software) и прикладное ПО (
application program). К системному относится любое ПО, необходимое для разработки и исполнения программ, такое как операционные системы (operating system), компиляторы (compiler), отладчики и т.д. Примером прикладных программ могут служить программы бухгалтерского учёта, обучающие программы, компьютерные игры, САПР и т.д. Программы, хранящиеся в энергонезависимой памяти (ПЗУ, ППЗУ), обычно называются firmware. По способу распространения ПО делится на бесплатное (
freeware), условно-бесплатное (
shareware) и коммерческое. Кроме того, ПО можно разделить на массовое (распространяемое через Интернет и коробочное) и заказное. Термин software впервые появился в 1958 г. в American Mathematical Monthly в статье математика из Принстонского университета Джона Туки (John Tukey)
Смотри также: application
Англо-русский научно-технический словарь:
software
1) программное обеспечение; программные средства, программы
2) программный; программно реализованный
-
bundled software
-
evaluation software
Англо-русский политехнический словарь:
software
1)
вычислительная техника программное обеспечение; программные средства; программа
2) (радио или телевизионная) программа
-
application software
-
bundled software
-
CAD software
-
CADAR software
-
cells' software
-
common software
-
communications software
-
compatible software
-
contouring software
-
control software
-
copy-protected software
-
custom software
-
design software
-
embedded software
-
engineering software
-
force transducer software
-
graphics software
-
in-house software
-
integrated software
-
interactive software
-
interface software
-
knowledge-based software
-
machine dependent software
-
machine interface software
-
menu-driven software
-
operating software
-
portable software
-
probe software
-
recognition software
-
resident software
-
robot software
-
ROM-based software
-
ROM software
-
space software
-
standard software
-
system software
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
software
noun
Date: 1958
something used or associated with and usually contrasted with hardware: as
a. the entire set of programs, procedures, and related documentation associated with a system and especially a computer system;
specifically computer programs
b. materials for use with audiovisual equipment
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:
software
(Or "computer program", "program", "code") The
instructions executed by a computer, as opposed to the
physical device on which they run (the "hardware").
The term was coined by the eminent statistician, John Tukey.
Programs stored on non-volatile storage built from
integrated circuits (e.g. ROM or PROM) are usually
called firmware.
Software can be split into two main types - system software
and application software or application programs. System
software is any software required to support the production or
execution of application programs but which is not specific to
any particular application. Examples of system software would
include the operating system, compilers, editors and
sorting programs.
Examples of application programs would include an accounts
package or a CAD program. Other broad classes of
application software include real-time software, business software, scientific and engineering software, embedded software, personal computer software and artificial intelligence software.
Software includes both source code written by humans and
executable machine code produced by assemblers or
compilers. It does not usually include the data processed
by programs unless this is in a format such as multimedia
which depends on the use of computers for its presentation.
This distinction becomes unclear in cases such as spread sheets which can contain both instructions (formulae and
macros) and data. There are also various intermediate
compiled or {semi-compiled}, forms of software such as
library files and byte-code.
Some claim that documentation (both paper and electronic) is
also software. Others go further and define software to be
programs plus documentation though this does not correspond
with common usage.
The noun "program" describes a single, complete and
more-or-less self-contained list of instructions, often stored
in a single file, whereas "code" and "software" are
uncountable nouns describing some number of instructions which
may constitute one or more programs or part thereof. Most
programs, however, rely heavily on various kinds of operating system software for their execution. The nounds "code" and
"software" both refer to the same thing but "code" tends to
suggest an interest in the implementation details whereas
"software" is more of a user's term.
(2002-07-21) 
