2006-06-23 04:00:49 · 13 answers · asked by Big Z 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Harware examples include your CPU, your monitor, a server, a printer, etc...
Software examples include Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Harvard Graphics, etc...
2006-06-23 04:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by kja63 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
From a technical point of view hardware is anything that forms up the computer this includes:
1- Motherboard
2- Processors
3- RAMs
4- various Cards (graphics card, sound card, network card)
5- Storage devices (Hard disks, floppy disks, CD/DVD Drives)
6- Storage media (CDs, DVDs...etc)
7- Input devices (keyboards, mouse)
8- Display Devices (monitors, Projectors)
So in general you can say that hardware is any device that you use or connect to your PC.
On the other hand Software are mainly programs that either control the hardware or enable you to perform a specific task or job.
this includes
1- BIOS (Installed on motherboard)
2- Operating System (Windows, Apple Mac, Linux...etc)
3- Applications (Word, Excel, AutoCAD and millions more)
4- Drivers (programs that enable you to control devices or hardware)
So software is something that you can't really see or touch yet it is found and constitutes a part of a PC
Hope that helps
2006-06-23 05:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ahmed E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's really quite simple, Hardware is for instance your hard drive or disk drive. On the other hand software is the likes of Programs or games, or things that you need to install the likes of a printer or digital camera. Hope this helps.
2006-06-23 04:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Em H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardware are the actual physical components like a hard drive, RAM, CPU, DVD-ROM, and so forth.
Software are the actual programs like Norton Antivirus, Internet Explorer, or Microsoft Office
2006-06-23 04:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by GJneedsanswers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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# 2 ) Software = Not A Good Thing For A Women.
# 3 )Motherboard = Oh Dang She Is At The Door!
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2006-06-23 04:06:31 · answer #5 · answered by Brat-tett & Brat Pack's 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardware is anything that is hard, i.e. a physical object you can touch - monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. Software is basically a synonym for computer programme.
2006-06-23 04:04:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardware is the machine, software is the machine language that runs the machine (i.e. code). Software is effectively the interface that allows a user (You or I), to enter our ideas into the computer in an orderly logical manner to us, and converts it into low level machine code which is orderly and logical to the computers central processing unit (and represented by 1's and 0's), as well as memory (RAM and ROM).
2006-06-23 04:03:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hardware is like a printer or scanner, software is a computer program like a video game
2006-06-23 04:03:32 · answer #8 · answered by Pandora Tommorow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardware is physical structures in your computer, i.e. motherboard, hard drive, stuff like that
Software is the programs that you put on your computer i.e. Word, Works, Yahoo Messenger and stuff like that
2006-06-23 04:03:44 · answer #9 · answered by shleb_express 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can actually touch hardware for a computer like speakers, keyboard, monitors. software is intangible, like programs.
2006-06-23 04:03:37 · answer #10 · answered by wildpeach46 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋