El software es el conjunto de programas, datos, instrucciones, bibliotecas y materiales digitales relacionados que dirigen el funcionamiento de un sistema informático. Se diferencia del hardware, que se refiere a los componentes físicos que ejecutan o almacenan esas instrucciones.
A collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. This is in contrast to physical hardware, from which the system is built and actually performs the work. In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital media.