: something used or associated with and usually contrasted with hardware: such as
a
: programs for a computer
accounting software
b
dated: the entire set of programs, procedures, and related documentation associated with a mechanical or electronic system and especially a computer system
c
: materials for use with audiovisual equipment
… television programs, music, and movies are now called software, by the way … Robert Bixby
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebCorel, a Canadian graphics software company, adopted a permanent remote-first policy during the pandemic. Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 New data released by Salary.com, a software company that provides compensation data and analytics, found that the median pay increase of 4% is continuing an upward trend that began in 2022. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 And following the 2020 hack on software company SolarWinds Corp., investors filed a class action against the company and its executive management, including SolarWinds security chief Tim Brown. Robert Mcmillan, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 This past Wednesday, the airline announced a partnership with computer software company Adobe, releasing a series of stock images to combat the lack of diversity in travel advertising. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2022 There is one other possible wild card though: Business software company Oracle. Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 In partnership with Adobe, the photos will be available to download for free on the software company’s stock library for social media, advertising and other content creation. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022 New jobs: Parker Hannifin and a software company are working on expansions that could create 143 new jobs in Lake and Summit counties. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022 LastPass, which is being spun off from software company GoTo, said the attackers stole some of the source code to its system and other technical information. Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SOFTWARE | VERB + SOFTWARE | SOFTWARE + VERB | SOFTWARE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤computer, PC計算機/個人電腦軟件▸➤application應用軟件▸➤accounting, blogging, design, editing, educational, enterprise, management, social, etc.會計、博客、設計、編輯、教育、企業、管理、社交等軟件➤character-recognition, handwriting-recognition字符識別/手寫體識別軟件➤face-recognition, facial-recognition面部識別軟件➤speech-recognition, voice-recognition語音識別軟件◇Voice-recognition software takes your speech and turns it into text.聲音識別軟件接收人說的話,然後將其轉換成文本。➤antivirus, filtering, security殺毒/過濾/安全軟件▸➤proprietary專有軟件◇Sony's proprietary PC software索尼專有個人電腦軟件➤free, open-source免費/開放源代碼軟件◇We use only open-source software.我們只使用開放源代碼軟件。➤latest最新軟件▸➤pirated盜版軟件◇He was arrested for selling pirated software.他因販賣盜版軟件被捕。... OF SOFTWARE➤piece一個軟件◇an exciting piece of design software令人興奮的設計軟件VERB + SOFTWARE➤run, use運行/使用軟件◇My PC isn't powerful enough to run that software.我的個人電腦的配置不足以運行那個軟件。➤create, design, develop, make, write創建/設計/開發/製作/編寫軟件▸➤download, install下載/安裝軟件➤buy, sell購買/銷售軟件➤update更新軟件◇I updated my antivirus software last night.昨晚我更新了殺毒軟件。SOFTWARE + VERB➤run軟件運行◇The software will run on most PCs.這個軟件在大多數個人電腦上都可以運行。SOFTWARE + NOUN➤application, applications, package, product, program, system, tool軟件應用;軟件包;軟件產品;軟件程序;軟件系統;軟件工具▸➤development, engineering軟件開發/工程▸➤developer, engineer軟件開發商/工程師▸➤company, firm, house, maker軟件公司;軟件服務站;軟件製造商➤giant軟件巨頭◇Microsoft, the software giant軟件巨頭微軟➤business, industry軟件業➡ topic at computer