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'''Software''' is short for [[computer]] software, a type of computer [[program]]. It means the applications and [[operating system]]s used with computers.
 
'''Software''' is short for [[computer]] software, a type of computer [[program]]. It means the applications and [[operating system]]s used with computers.
  
The term software was first used in the late 1960s to show the difference from computer [[:Category:Hardware|hardware]], which are the fixed parts of a machine. Before compact discs (CDs) or Internet downloads, software came on "soft media" like magnetic floppy disks and magnetic tape.
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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 floppy disks and magnetic tape.
  
 
'''Firmware''' refers to programs (such as embedded drivers) or settings (like BIOS) that are stored in the hardware of the computer, but can be changed without having to physically change out the hardware.
 
'''Firmware''' refers to programs (such as embedded drivers) or settings (like BIOS) that are stored in the hardware of the computer, but can be changed without having to physically change out the hardware.

Revision as of 10:11, 13 February 2019

Software is short for computer software, 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 floppy disks and magnetic tape.

Firmware refers to programs (such as embedded drivers) or settings (like BIOS) that are stored in the hardware of the computer, but can be changed without having to physically change out the hardware.

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