Information stored in a computer (This may seem odd, as computers and disks aren't very soft But anything on a computer is subject to change, and can be affected by, for example, a hard disk crash ) The equivalent term for information which has been printed out on paper is hard copy
A nonpermanent form of computer system output?for example, information sent to a display Contrasts with hard copy (pg 57)
information stored in a computer's memory or shown on a screen rather than printed on paper hard copy