software /; AmE / noun [U]

APPLICATION SOFTWARE, PACKAGED SOFTWARE, THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE

(IT )

the programs, etc. used to operate a computer:

a marketing-and-sales software package

Will the software run on my machine?

designing software applications for business

⇨ HARDWARE See note at INFORMATION

❖ accounting/business/financial/investment software

◆ to design/develop/write software

◆ to download/install/load/run/use (a piece of) software

◆ a software company/developer/firm

• function
• functional
• functional acknowledgement
• functional competency
• functional flexibility
• functionality
• functional organization
• functional structure
• fund
• fundamentals
• funded debt
• funder
• funding
• fund management
• fund of funds
• fund-raising
• fungible
• funny money
• furnish
• furnishings
• further to
• future
• futures commission merchant
• futures exchange
• futures market