software firm

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meaningsofsoftwareandfirm

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software
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɒft.weər/us
/ˈsɑːft.wer/
the instructions that control what a computer does; ...
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firm
adjective
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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(Definition ofsoftwareandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Combined with the decrease in the potential customer base, specialization risk can be significant for asoftwarefirm.
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Asoftwarefirmalso dots the landscape along with mobile and landline towers of major telephone companies.
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She was working with asoftwarefirmuntil 2011.
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Among his other accomplishments, he learned to drive a specially adapted automatic car, and obtained a job with asoftwarefirmby the age of 23.
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Until managers developed software licensing tools in the 1980s, software firms were routinely put in danger of bankruptcy by pirates.
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More recently, our graduates have been successful in newly established software firms, both as managers and programmers.
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By the 1980s a diverse set of software firms had developed.
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The first independent software firms were consultancies that did custom programming for mainframe companies and their customers.
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At the time this was based on the strategy that the high profit margins were in the central parts of the hardware while independent software firms were not making money.
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Computer manufacturers, telephone equipment manufacturers and software firms began developing more sophisticated solutions as more powerful and less expensive computer processors and storage devices became available.
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Another usage of the term refers to the deals made by large institutions, like universities, with software firms so that affiliated persons can buy the software at discounted prices.
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