computer software
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomputerandsoftware
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computer
noun[C or U]
uk/kəmˈpjuː.tər/us/kəmˈpjuː.t̬ɚ/
an electronic machine that is used for storing, organizing, and finding words, numbers, and pictures, for doing calculations, and for controlling ...
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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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(Definition ofcomputerandsoftwarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They included government officials, lawyers, doctors, teachers, college lecturers, journalists, managers in multi-national corporations or in smaller private concerns,computersoftwarepersonnel, engineers and scientists.
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This was not completed although it is hoped that her ideas inspired later developments incomputersoftwarefor drawn sound.
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When usingcomputersoftware, the balance between parts can nearly always be adjusted on re-ection after the recording has been made.
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The appendices have been extended and include a section oncomputersoftwareuseful to molecular ecologists.
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These ideas are behind much of the dedicatedcomputersoftwarenow available for fitting the level-1 and level-2 statistical models simultaneously.
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Note that only 3% of all comments were not directly related to the immediate description ofcomputersoftware.
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It is unlikely that existingcomputersoftwarecan be used to perform the grand challenge computations.
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By introducingcomputersoftware, interviewer bias may be reduced.
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Typically, shortlists of applicants, ranked in priority order are assembled with the aid ofcomputersoftware.
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Neuronal morphologies were traced using appropriatecomputersoftwareto analyze their position in the brainstem.
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Or examine electronic music education, which focuses mainly on teachingcomputersoftware.
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It has clear geometric interpretations, yields a unique result except in degenerate data sets, and can be readily calculated using standardcomputersoftwaretools.
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Images were taken every 60 s during the treatment, which was programmed by thecomputersoftware.
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He then describes the methods used to 'retrodeform' (redraw without deformation) utilizing advanced photocopiers andcomputersoftware.
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Most contemporary assessments involve face-to-face interaction (10) with trained interviewers or sophisticatedcomputersoftware(15;28).
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