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.
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1. £2,500 for software is soon swallowed up in general costs.
用于软件方面的2,500英镑很快就被一般性费用耗光了。
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2. For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.
对于很多软件包来说，价钱和成本没有什么联系。
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3. Most applications software for personal computers cost over $500 a throw.
个人电脑使用的多数应用软件的单价为500多美元。
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4. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
欧洲软件公司的国内市场仍在增长中。
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5. It's cheaper to buy software bundled with a PC than separately.
