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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. £2,500 for software is soon swallowed up in general costs.
用于軟件方面的2,500英鎊很快就被一般性費(fèi)用耗光了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.