alleryStart learning →Which word was first used for computer programs by John Tukey in 1958?
AFirmware
BNetware
CHardware
DSoftware
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Software
The word software for computer programs is credited to mathematician John Wilder Tukey in 1958.
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