software

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n. 软件 [计] 软设备

发音

UK /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/
其它 /-wer/
US /ˈsɔf(t)ˌwɛɹ/
US /ˈsɑf(t)ˌwɛɹ/
CA /ˈsɑf(t)ˌwɛɹ/
CA /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛɹ/
US /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛɹ/
AU /ˈsɔf(t)ˌweː/
IN /ˈsɔfʈˌwa(r)/

词形变化

softwares 复数 softwares

别名

softwear SW

教材释义与例句

名词

软件

the sets of programs that tell a computer how to do a particular job

She loaded the new software .

她给电脑装上新的软件。

a software company

软件公司

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

    软件

    软体

    不可数 计算机 工程 数学

    The "software" comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its "hardware" of tubes, transistors, wires, tapes and the like.

  2. 2.

    The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.

    不可数 政治 军事
  3. 3.

    Recorded music content, as opposed to the hardware necessary for reproducing it.

    过时 不可数
  4. 4.

    Soft goods, such as textiles.

    古体 不可数

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries We have wheat "kings" and cotton "kings" and coal "kings"; railroad "kings", stationary engine "kings", and Mr Ford; "kings" in the realms of hardware, software, sectional bookcases, crime, and canned tomatoes.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

package software package

反义词 1

hardware

上位词 2

code computer code

下位词 10

program routine procedure function programme upgrade documentation os cad malware

相关短语

software engineer 软件工程师 software architect software engineering [计] 软件工程 software package [计] 软件包 software deployment software engine software engines software engineers software house [计] 软件服务站 software architects software escrow software houses software framework 软体框架 software frameworks software architecture [计] 软件体系结构

词源

Computing sense from soft + -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined by John Tukey in 1958. The earlier sense of software to mean tangible products with a soft texture may have fallen out of common usage before the computing sense was created.

来源：wiktionary