-soft

Suffix

1. Formerly commonly used in the names of software houses.
   1989, David J. Maguire, Computers in geography

   ViewStore is a general purpose data base management system for Acorn microcomputers. It is supplied by Acornsoft and it is compatible with the word processing package View, the spreadsheet package ViewSheet and the rest of the View range.

   1995, Charter (volume 66, issues 1-5, page 34)

   Catsoft Assets is a complete PC- based fixed asset management system designed specifically for use by the accountancy profession.

   1998, Chris Andrews, The education of a CD-ROM publisher

   After getting no response from the Mirrorsoft people, I got angry and called London to get the number for Maxwell Communications.

   2005, Matthew MacDonald, Pro.NET 2.0 Windows Forms and custom controls in C#

   Even in a painstakingly designed application like Microsoft Word, automatic features for capitalizing text and applying formatting often confound users of all levels.

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