We are tracking down the earliest print appearance of the term “software(s)”. We invite readers to contribute any earlier evidence for the term “software(s)” to this project, with any original copy of those dated written materials, not unsupported recollections.
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- When was the term “software(s)” first coined?
- Who did coin the term “software(s)”?
- What if the coiner is not a computer celebrity?
- Did the term “software(s)” appear in any classified document first?
- Did the term “software(s)” appear in non-technical materials first?
- Did the term “software(s)” appear in non-text materials first? (say, audios, videos, cartoons, comics, etc.)
- Was the term “software(s)” borrowed from other languages?
Dear Zhiwen Hu ,
Computer software, or simply software, is a part of a computer system that consists of data or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built. In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital media. Computer hardware and software require each other and neither can be realistically used on its own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software
Regards, Shafagat
Dear Zhiwen Hu ,
Computer software, or simply software, is a part of a computer system that consists of data or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built. In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital media. Computer hardware and software require each other and neither can be realistically used on its own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software
Regards, Shafagat
Dear Dr.Zhiwen Hu , please see the information that I have got about software history.
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it. software is a set of :programs procedures algorithms & its documentation. Examples of computer software include: Application software- such as word processors or video games, and ERP software for groups of users. Middle ware controls and co-ordinates distributed systems.Programming languages define the syntax and semantics of computer programs. example, many mature banking applications. System software includes operating systems. Test ware is software for testing hardware or a software package.Device drivers control parts of computers such as disk drives, printers, CD drives, or computer monitors.Programming tools help conduct computing tasks in any category listed above
From soft + -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined 1953 by Paul Niquette;[1] first used in print by John Tukey 1958.
[Wikitionary]
The first theory about software – prior to the creation of computers as we know them today – was proposed by Alan Turing in his 1935 essay Computable numbers with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem .
For interesting details , kindly see here
History of software
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_software)
(https://www.slideshare.net/AvinashAvi3/software-history)
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