software
nounid
4182·updated May 9, 2026verified
A collection of instructions that tell a computer how to operate. Software may be both internally developed and purchased from vendors and can include both application software (for example, user applications and database management systems) and system software (for example, operating systems, drivers, utilities, programming software, and interfaces).
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Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- packagesoftware program
- alternatephrasing
- Software
- possessive
- software's
Framework definitions
- §1
- Computer programs (which are stored in and executed by computer hardware) and associated data (which also is stored in the hardware) that may be dynamically written or modified during execution.
- §1
- Computer programs and associated data, within the cryptographic boundary and usually stored on erasable media, that may be dynamically written or modified during execution. (e.g., Erasable media may include but are not limited to hard drives.).
- §1
- Computer programs and associated data, within the cryptographic boundary and usually stored on erasable media, that may be dynamically written or modified during execution. (e.g., Erasable media may include but are not limited to hard drives.).
- §1
- Computer programs and associated data, within the cryptographic boundary and usually stored on erasable media, that may be dynamically written or modified during execution. (e.g., Erasable media may include but are not limited to hard drives.).
- §1
- Computer programs and associated data that may be dynamically written or modified during execution.
- §1
- Computer programs and associated data that may be dynamically written or modified during execution.
- §1
- (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
- §1 · glossary
- A collection of instructions that tell a computer how to operate. Software may be both internally developed and purchased from vendors and can include both application software (for example, user applications and database management systems) and system software (for example, operating systems, drivers, utilities, programming software, and interfaces).Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Computer programs and associated data that may be dynamically written or modified during execution.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
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Incoming relationships
- broaderPartitive
- ←system componentnoun