- the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them.
- anything that is not hardware but is used with hardware, especially audiovisual materials, as film, tapes, records, etc.: a studio fully equipped but lacking software.
- prepackaged materials, as movies or reruns, used to fill out the major part of a station's program schedule.
- the programs that can be used with a particular computer system
- video cassettes and discs for use with a particular video system
