The phrase "a type of software" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when categorizing or describing a specific category or classification of software.
Example: "Photoshop is a type of software used for image editing and graphic design."
Alternatives: "a category of software" or "a form of software".
IT IS a type of software sometimes described as "absolute power" or "God".
Beyond major breaches are the nuisances that come along with bugs, spam and spyware, a type of software intended to take control of a computer's operations.
This capability has led researchers to define the new program as polymorphic -- a type of software designed to escape detection by popular antivirus programs.
He joined the Tor Project, an effort to promote a type of software, originally developed for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, that allows a high degree of online anonymity.
The program is written in Java, the software standard developed by Sun Microsystems, and supports XML, a type of software coding that will allow for the seamless interchange of all sorts of dynamic data across different computer programs.
McAfee called the attacks Operation Shady RAT — RAT stands for remote access tool, a type of software used to control networked computers.
That's especially true if the hacker uses a "rootkit," a type of malicious software that can conceal itself from the antivirus software that is supposed to detect it, making cleaning your machine extremely difficult.
The holes, observers correctly assumed, meant that the iPad would not display videos, animations or any other features created using Flash, a type of multimedia software made by Adobe.
This paper shows the application of a type of formal software verification technique known as lightweight model checking to a domain model in healthcare informatics in general and public health surveillance systems in particular.
Earlier this year, keyloggers were found planted across Carleton University in Canada and in January, a 21-year-old from Virginia pleaded guilty to designing a type of keylogging software that was used to spy on more than 16,000 people.
Avizo is a type of commercial software that enables users to perform interactive visualization and computation on 3D data sets.
