The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation, (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory, computing Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware
Forming or occurring at the end; last, Not to be changed or reconsidered; unalterable, Conclusive; decisive, noun_ the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament, an examination administered at the end of an academic term, The last examination of an academic course