STORE, FIND AND ARRANGE INFORMATION, CALCULATE AMOUNTS AND CONTROL OTHER MACHINES What Is Software? THE PROGRAMS AND OTHER OPERATING INFORMATION USED BY A COMPUTER. "THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY“SOFTWARE IS A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS, DATA OR PROGRAMS USED TO OPERATE COMPUTERS AND EXECUTE SPECIFIC TASKS. IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF HARDWARE, WHICH DESCRIBES THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF A COMPUTER. SOFTWARE IS A GENERIC TERM USED TO REFER TO APPLICATIONS, S C R I P T S A N D P R O G R A M S T H A T R U N O N A D E V I C E . I T C A N BE THOUGHT OF AS THE VARIABLE PART O