Computer Software Definition. Software is a generic term for organized collections of computer data and instructions, often broken into two major categories: system software that provides the basic non-task-specific functions of the computer, and application software which is used by users to accomplish specific tasks.
Membership software (also known as an association management system) is a computer software solution which provides associations, clubs and other membership organizations with the functionality they require to provide their services to their members.embership organizations have diverse needs and structures, and this is reflected in the additional features membership software sometimes includes: 1  Organizing and selling tickets to events or series' of events.
association. n. 1. a group of people having a common purpose or interest; a society or club. 2. the act of associating or the state of being associated. 3. friendship or companionship: their association will not last. 4. a mental connection of ideas, feelings, or sensations: association of revolution with bloodshed. 5. (Psychology) psychol the mental process of linking ideas so that the recurrence of one idea automatically recalls the other. See also free association.