====== Software (SW) ======
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**Software (SW)**, in its most general sense, is a set of instructions or programs instructing a computer to do specific tasks.

**Software** is a generic term used to describe computer programs that run on PCs, mobile phones, tablets, or other smart devices.

**Software** is often used to describe all the functional aspects of a computer that do not refer to its physical components ([[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hardware]]). Scripts, applications, programs and a set of instructions are all terms typically used to describe **Software**.

Everything that “runs” on a computer, from an operating system, to a diagnostic tool, video game, or app can be defined as **Software**.

Source: [[https://www.techopedia.com/definition/4356/software ]]


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