Software Program

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 6 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: package
plural: Software Programs
possessive: Software Program's
pluralpossessive: Software Programs'

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