Software

Computer software is a set of instructions that runs on a computer. It does not consist solely of programming language. Rather, from a technical perspective, software is defined as a program of all the associated information and materials needed to support its installation, operation, repair, and enhancement. It also includes written programs, procedures, rules, and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system, which are stored within digital medium. Indeed, because computer software instructs a computer how to perform actions, in the broadest sense, it includes everything that is not hardware. Put another way, computers are, in effect, incomplete machines when manufactured and acquire functionality only after being coupled with software.