softwaren.

Brit.

/ˈsɒf(t)wɛː/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)ˌwɛ(ə)r/,

/ˈsɑf(t)ˌwɛ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., ware n.³

Etymology: < soft adj. + ware n.³, in senses 1a and 2 after hardware n. With sense 1b compare soft adj. 13 and soft paste n. and adj. at soft adj. Compounds 2a.

1. In plural and collective singular. Usually as two words.

a. Textiles, fabrics; articles of merchandise made of these; (also) relatively perishable consumer goods. Cf. soft goods n. (a) at soft adj. Compounds 2a. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1782 D. Lowellin Admirable Trav. 36 The numerous artists were truly ingenious in manufacturing almost every kind of hard and soft ware, except woolen, whereof they had none, but made amends for such loss with cotton, silk and linens.

1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 5 In the town of Bervie, there are nine shops, which retail to the town and country around, soft ware, grocery goods, &c.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 378/2 The most primitive kind of packmen, or hawkers of soft-wares.

1913 D. R. Francis Universal Expos. 1904 384 The east half of the palace of Manufactures was devoted to soft wares.., covering textiles, leather, boots and shoes, costumes and industries connected with clothing.

2009 F. M. Kambarangwe What Business Leaders should know but they Don't vi. 68 Type of products and services from soft wares and traditional agricultural products to syringes, beverages, and delicate products.

b. Ceramics made of soft paste. Also (in singular): = soft paste n. and adj. at soft adj. Compounds 2a.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > imitation porcelain

glass-porcelain1753

semi-china1825

softwares1850

semi-porcelain1886

1850 J. Marryat Coll. towards Hist. Pottery & Porcelain 1 These soft wares are divided into four kinds... First class. Soft ware unglazed.

1884 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 27 Nov. Let us see first what took place with Sèvres porcelain. It was only the costly pâte tendre, or soft ware, that was doctored.

1897 J. Ward Hist. Ornament: Pottery II. i. 6 Soft wares are unglazed, glazed, and enamelled.

1939 Oxoniensia 4 47 Bowl with bead rim, in soft ware with red wash.

1948 J. M. A. Janssen Ann. Egyptological Bibliography 1947 416 Sherds found on the surface are suitable material to use statistically as representing fairly the pottery left on desert surfaces..; the soft wares of any people may be expected to have disappeared.

2013 H. V. Nasab et al. in R. Matthews & H. F. Nashli Neolithisation of Iran xvii. 272/2 Softwares may in fact be earlier if not the earliest ceramics in the northern Alborz region. Examples of these early soft wares were found at Belt and Hotu caves.

2. Computing.

a. The collection of programs essential to the operation of a particular computer system, typically (in early use) being provided by the manufacturer; = system software n. at system n. Compounds 3a.In early use, the word was sometimes interpreted more broadly to include any element of a computer system, such as punchcards and programming languages, other than its hardware (see quot. 1960).Now difficult to distinguish from sense 2b.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software

supervisor1956

system program1956

software1958

system1958

systems program1960

operating system1961

monitor1962

system software1962

open system1981

1958 Amer. Math. Monthly 65 2 The ‘software’ comprising..interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automotive programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its ‘hardware’.

1960 Communications ACM 3 381 Nearly every manufacturer is claiming compatibility with all other equipment via such software as Cobol.

1978 J. McNeil Consultant i. 30 Hardware is what you can touch—the actual computer, all its peripheral devices... Without software all that is quite useless... Software, computer programs—they're the same thing... My software staff are very strictly monitored.

1987 InfoWorld 7 Sept. 68/4 You need only the most minimal experience with computers in order to get this system's software up and running.

b. Programs designed to enable a computer to perform a particular task or series of tasks; = applications software n. at application n. Compounds 2b.Frequently with distinguishing word specifying the purpose the software is designed to serve.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun]

computer software1964

software1969

courseware1978

1969 P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes 187 A rather wet young man who sells software for computers.

1975 Computer Aug. 25/1 An emulator may be defined as hardware, micro-programs, and software added to one computer system to enable it to execute programs written for another system.

1986 PC Mag. 29 Apr. 188/1 For less than $1,000, you can equip a PC with music software, a MIDI interface card, and a keyboard synthesizer like Casio's CZ-101.

1992 Economist 7 Nov. 104/2 Aldus, a Seattle-based maker of desktop-publishing software, saw its net profit fall by 75%.

2015 Church Times 26 June 4/3 All that is needed is a high-resolution photograph of each member to be inputted into the software.

3. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something comparable to computer software.

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1960 Language 36 530 When the simulation is good, there is a possibility that the internal information-processing in both cases is the same, even though the respective hardware and software are quite different.

1966 National Observer (U.S.) 21 Feb. 8/3 This deal..is the latest..in a series of corporate marriages combining..‘the software and the hardware’ of education.

1978 Gramophone June 136/3 They [sc. players for digitally recorded discs]..will be incompatible with existing software (records and cassettes).

1995 N. Block in E. E. Smith & D. N. Osherson Thinking (ed. 2) ii. xi. 377 Cognitive scientists often say that the mind is the software of the brain.

2003 R. Lacey Street Bible 108 Solomon asks God for the mental software to run the country wisely.

Compounds

a. General attributive, as software company, software development, etc.

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1962 Times 18 Apr. 2/5 (advt.) The work is on the development and implementation of the most advanced ‘software’ packages, involving COBOL and Algebraic Compilers.

1962 Jrnl. Soc. Industr. & Appl. Math. 10 (advt.) If you would like to make important contributions to software development, optics or any of the other fields..write to Manager of Professional Employment.

1965 Datamation Nov. 121/1 Independent software companies..are attracting an increasing percentage of available programming talent.

1968 L. A. Hattery in R. W. Lee & R. W. Worral Electronic Composition in Printing 5/1 Development resources were skewed toward hardware development which resulted in serious lags in software development.

1977 K. Heggstad in P. G. J. van Sterkenburg et al. Lexicologie 163 The unit price of hardware is going down... On the other hand software costs are rising equally dramatically.

1987 Infoworld 23 Nov. 91/2 (advt.) Systems programming or software development experience is essential.

1990 Computer Lang. Oct. 5/3 If the neo-Luddites paid attention to the software industry, they would have undoubtedly their familiar cry.

1999 Which? May 39/3 There are two types of software fix.

2016 J. Hargrave Mind Hacking 58 App developers and software companies have a vested interest in getting you to use their products.

software engineering n. the practice or process of designing, developing, and maintaining software; the field of study concerned with this.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software > designing of

system programming1958

software engineering1966

1966 Communications ACM 9 546/2 We must recognize ourselves..as members of an engineering profession, be it hardware engineering or software engineering.

1982 I. Sommerville Software Engin. i. 3 Software engineering is now maturing into a fully fledged discipline.

2013 R. Y. Lee Software Engin. i. 10 It is crucial for anyone interested in the field to understand that software engineering is much more than just programming.

software engineer n. a person engaged in software engineering.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software > designer

system designer1919

systems designer1926

system programmer1958

systems programmer1959

software engineer1962

1962 Washington Post 3 Mar. b3 WESCo needs software engineers.

1979 R. W. Jensen & C. C. Tonies Software Engin. 14 The software engineer is not a theoretician as is the computer scientist.

2011 N.Y. Mag. 7 Feb. 87/1 The new pornographers are as likely to be software engineers: masters of affiliate marketing, search-engine optimization, and traffic-conversion ratios.

software house n. a company that specializes in producing and testing software.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > company

software house1962

1962 Washington Post 25 Mar. a31 Advancing rapidly with a growing professional software house.

1992 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 20 Feb. 3 They subcontract for major software houses and produce Japanese language versions of imports.

2002 M. S. Mahoney in U. Hashagen et al. Hist. Computing i. 43 The ‘software houses’ that sprang up in the mid-60s were producing applications along with systems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	software
释义	softwaren. Brit. /ˈsɒf(t)wɛː/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)ˌwɛ(ə)r/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌwɛ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soft adj., ware n.³ Etymology: < soft adj. + ware n.³, in senses 1a and 2 after hardware n. With sense 1b compare soft adj. 13 and soft paste n. and adj. at soft adj. Compounds 2a. 1. In plural and collective singular. Usually as two words. a. Textiles, fabrics; articles of merchandise made of these; (also) relatively perishable consumer goods. Cf. soft goods n. (a) at soft adj. Compounds 2a. Now rare. ΚΠ 1782 D. Lowellin Admirable Trav. 36 The numerous artists were truly ingenious in manufacturing almost every kind of hard and soft ware, except woolen, whereof they had none, but made amends for such loss with cotton, silk and linens. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 5 In the town of Bervie, there are nine shops, which retail to the town and country around, soft ware, grocery goods, &c. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 378/2 The most primitive kind of packmen, or hawkers of soft-wares. 1913 D. R. Francis Universal Expos. 1904 384 The east half of the palace of Manufactures was devoted to soft wares.., covering textiles, leather, boots and shoes, costumes and industries connected with clothing. 2009 F. M. Kambarangwe What Business Leaders should know but they Don't vi. 68 Type of products and services from soft wares and traditional agricultural products to syringes, beverages, and delicate products. b. Ceramics made of soft paste. Also (in singular): = soft paste n. and adj. at soft adj. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > imitation porcelain glass-porcelain1753 semi-china1825 softwares1850 semi-porcelain1886 1850 J. Marryat Coll. towards Hist. Pottery & Porcelain 1 These soft wares are divided into four kinds... First class. Soft ware unglazed. 1884 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 27 Nov. Let us see first what took place with Sèvres porcelain. It was only the costly pâte tendre, or soft ware, that was doctored. 1897 J. Ward Hist. Ornament: Pottery II. i. 6 Soft wares are unglazed, glazed, and enamelled. 1939 Oxoniensia 4 47 Bowl with bead rim, in soft ware with red wash. 1948 J. M. A. Janssen Ann. Egyptological Bibliography 1947 416 Sherds found on the surface are suitable material to use statistically as representing fairly the pottery left on desert surfaces..; the soft wares of any people may be expected to have disappeared. 2013 H. V. Nasab et al. in R. Matthews & H. F. Nashli Neolithisation of Iran xvii. 272/2 Softwares may in fact be earlier if not the earliest ceramics in the northern Alborz region. Examples of these early soft wares were found at Belt and Hotu caves. 2. Computing. a. The collection of programs essential to the operation of a particular computer system, typically (in early use) being provided by the manufacturer; = system software n. at system n. Compounds 3a.In early use, the word was sometimes interpreted more broadly to include any element of a computer system, such as punchcards and programming languages, other than its hardware (see quot. 1960).Now difficult to distinguish from sense 2b. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software supervisor1956 system program1956 software1958 system1958 systems program1960 operating system1961 monitor1962 system software1962 open system1981 1958 Amer. Math. Monthly 65 2 The ‘software’ comprising..interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automotive programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its ‘hardware’. 1960 Communications ACM 3 381 Nearly every manufacturer is claiming compatibility with all other equipment via such software as Cobol. 1978 J. McNeil Consultant i. 30 Hardware is what you can touch—the actual computer, all its peripheral devices... Without software all that is quite useless... Software, computer programs—they're the same thing... My software staff are very strictly monitored. 1987 InfoWorld 7 Sept. 68/4 You need only the most minimal experience with computers in order to get this system's software up and running. b. Programs designed to enable a computer to perform a particular task or series of tasks; = applications software n. at application n. Compounds 2b.Frequently with distinguishing word specifying the purpose the software is designed to serve. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] computer software1964 software1969 courseware1978 1969 P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes 187 A rather wet young man who sells software for computers. 1975 Computer Aug. 25/1 An emulator may be defined as hardware, micro-programs, and software added to one computer system to enable it to execute programs written for another system. 1986 PC Mag. 29 Apr. 188/1 For less than $1,000, you can equip a PC with music software, a MIDI interface card, and a keyboard synthesizer like Casio's CZ-101. 1992 Economist 7 Nov. 104/2 Aldus, a Seattle-based maker of desktop-publishing software, saw its net profit fall by 75%. 2015 Church Times 26 June 4/3 All that is needed is a high-resolution photograph of each member to be inputted into the software. 3. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something comparable to computer software. ΚΠ 1960 Language 36 530 When the simulation is good, there is a possibility that the internal information-processing in both cases is the same, even though the respective hardware and software are quite different. 1966 National Observer (U.S.) 21 Feb. 8/3 This deal..is the latest..in a series of corporate marriages combining..‘the software and the hardware’ of education. 1978 Gramophone June 136/3 They [sc. players for digitally recorded discs]..will be incompatible with existing software (records and cassettes). 1995 N. Block in E. E. Smith & D. N. Osherson Thinking (ed. 2) ii. xi. 377 Cognitive scientists often say that the mind is the software of the brain. 2003 R. Lacey Street Bible 108 Solomon asks God for the mental software to run the country wisely. Compounds a. General attributive, as software company, software development, etc. ΚΠ 1962 Times 18 Apr. 2/5 (advt.) The work is on the development and implementation of the most advanced ‘software’ packages, involving COBOL and Algebraic Compilers. 1962 Jrnl. Soc. Industr. & Appl. Math. 10 (advt.) If you would like to make important contributions to software development, optics or any of the other fields..write to Manager of Professional Employment. 1965 Datamation Nov. 121/1 Independent software companies..are attracting an increasing percentage of available programming talent. 1968 L. A. Hattery in R. W. Lee & R. W. Worral Electronic Composition in Printing 5/1 Development resources were skewed toward hardware development which resulted in serious lags in software development. 1977 K. Heggstad in P. G. J. van Sterkenburg et al. Lexicologie 163 The unit price of hardware is going down... On the other hand software costs are rising equally dramatically. 1987 Infoworld 23 Nov. 91/2 (advt.) Systems programming or software development experience is essential. 1990 Computer Lang. Oct. 5/3 If the neo-Luddites paid attention to the software industry, they would have undoubtedly their familiar cry. 1999 Which? May 39/3 There are two types of software fix. 2016 J. Hargrave Mind Hacking 58 App developers and software companies have a vested interest in getting you to use their products. b. software engineering n. the practice or process of designing, developing, and maintaining software; the field of study concerned with this. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software > designing of system programming1958 software engineering1966 1966 Communications ACM 9 546/2 We must recognize ourselves..as members of an engineering profession, be it hardware engineering or software engineering. 1982 I. Sommerville Software Engin. i. 3 Software engineering is now maturing into a fully fledged discipline. 2013 R. Y. Lee Software Engin. i. 10 It is crucial for anyone interested in the field to understand that software engineering is much more than just programming. software engineer n. a person engaged in software engineering. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating systems software > designer system designer1919 systems designer1926 system programmer1958 systems programmer1959 software engineer1962 1962 Washington Post 3 Mar. b3 WESCo needs software engineers. 1979 R. W. Jensen & C. C. Tonies Software Engin. 14 The software engineer is not a theoretician as is the computer scientist. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 7 Feb. 87/1 The new pornographers are as likely to be software engineers: masters of affiliate marketing, search-engine optimization, and traffic-conversion ratios. software house n. a company that specializes in producing and testing software. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > company software house1962 1962 Washington Post 25 Mar. a31 Advancing rapidly with a growing professional software house. 1992 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 20 Feb. 3 They subcontract for major software houses and produce Japanese language versions of imports. 2002 M. S. Mahoney in U. Hashagen et al. Hist. Computing i. 43 The ‘software houses’ that sprang up in the mid-60s were producing applications along with systems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
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