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'''Software''' refers to all the information (or state) which directs the action of a computer's [[hardware]]. It may include the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s [[microcode]] (even though that may be permanently recorded in a [[PROM]]), all the [[program]] [[binary]] stored in [[main memory]], program binary stored in [[secondary storage]], etc. | '''Software''' refers to all the information (or state) which directs the action of a computer's [[hardware]]. It may include the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s [[microcode]] (even though that may be permanently recorded in a [[PROM]]), all the [[program]] [[binary]] stored in [[main memory]], program binary stored in [[secondary storage]], etc. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 16 December 2018
Software refers to all the information (or state) which directs the action of a computer's hardware. It may include the CPU's microcode (even though that may be permanently recorded in a PROM), all the program binary stored in main memory, program binary stored in secondary storage, etc.
The term also includes the source code from which all that binary was derived, etc.
