Computer software
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Computer software (often called just software) is a type of computer program. It means the applications and operating systems used with computers.
The term software was first used in the late 1960s to show the difference from computer hardware, which are the fixed parts of a machine. Before compact discs (CDs) or Internet downloads, software came on "soft media" like magnetic discs and magnetic tape.
There are two types of software:
