Software

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From soft +‎ -ware, by contrast with hardware(“the computer itself”). Coined by Paul Niquette in 1953; [1] first used in print by Richard Carhart in 1953 [2].


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software (n.)

1851, soft wares, "woolen or cotton fabrics," also, "relatively perishable consumer goods," from soft + ware (n.). The computer sense is a separate coinage from 1960, based on hardware.