'''Computer सोफ्टवेयर''' (orया simplyसाधारणत: '''softwareसोफ्टवेयर''') refers to one or more [[computer programs]] held in the [[computer storage|storage]] of a [[computer]] for some purpose. [[Program|Program software]] performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing [[instruction]]s to the [[computer hardware]] or by serving as [[input]] to another piece of software.
The term ''software'सोफ्टवेयर''' wasशब्द firstका usedप्रयोग inइस thisअभिप्राय sense byमें [[John W. Tukey]] inने वर्ष [[1957]];colloquially,में theकिया termथा; isसामान्यत:, oftenइस usedशब्द toका meanप्रयोग [[application software]] के लिये होता है. In [[computer science]] and [[software engineering]], '''computer software''' is all [[information]] processed by [[computer system]], [[Computer program|program]]s and [[data]].
Computer software is so called in contrast to [[computer hardware]], which is the physical substrate which stores and executes (or "runs") the software.
