It refers to intangible materials that are powered or processed on the computer’s hardware, such as applications and data. Software is one of the main components of a computer’s system. The purpose of our use of computers is to use or process software, and computers without software are just empty shells. Nothing happens when you plug it into such a computer.
Sometimes some people think that the opposite of software is hardware, but 여행 both are components of the computer system and complement each other. It’s not the opposite.
Paul Niquette coined it in 1953, originally meaning hardware, such as pots and hammers, literally meaning “hard objects” It was extended to words that refer to the machine part that makes up the computer, and on the contrary, the word “software” was created.
Originally, only literal “computers,” namely, “mainframes, mini-computers, micro-computers, and personal computers,” were called software, but the meaning of software is expanding in modern times, starting with watches, cars, televisions, and even refrigerators. For example, in the 20th century, no one called movies, music, books, or maps software, but today, videos and music are regarded as software to the extent that new words such as video soft and audio soft are coined. E-books are also treated as software, and maps mounted on navigation are also considered software.
The largest and most widely used software created by mankind is the Internet. Of course, without the Internet infrastructure corresponding to hardware, which consists of numerous servers and communication networks, you cannot run software called the Internet, but on the contrary, without the Internet, you do not have to operate such expensive and huge hardware.