2006-08-14 21:06:14 · 7 answers · asked by dia04 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
A hardware is anything that has physical properties, mass, weight, etc. for computers, it's your monitor, CPU, keyboard, mouse printers and everything inside them a software on the other hand is what runs inside your hardware, it's basically a compiled set of instructions designed to run on your hardware for various purposes and it has no physical properties.
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2006-08-14 21:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by Nevwe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hardware:
The electronic, electrical, magnetic and mechanical components of a computer system, as opposed to the programs that form the software.
Software:
The programs that are used in a computer system (eg operating systems, and applications programs such as word-processing or database programs), and the magnetic disks, tapes, etc, on which they are recorded.
There are several differences between computer hardware and software. However, the fundamental difference between hardware and software is that hardware is a physical device something that you're able to touch and see. For example, the computer monitor you're viewing this text on or the mouse you're using to navigate is considered computer hardware.
Software is code and instructions that tell a computer and/or hardware how to operate. This code can be viewed and executed using a computer or other hardware device. However, without any hardware software would not exist. An examples of software is Microsoft Windows, an operating system that allows you to control your computer and other programs that run on it. Another example of software is the Internet browser you're using to view this page.
Software is a collection of instructions that enables a user to interact with the computer or have the computer perform specific tasks for them. Hardware is best described as a device that is physically connected to your computer or something that can be physically touched. A CD-ROM, Monitor, Printer, and video card are all examples of computer hardware.
2006-08-15 04:09:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Computer Hardware is all the physical devices that you can see and feel in the computer. For example Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, etc. If we match the computer against the human body, Hardware is like our Body. On the other hand computer software is all the programs running in the computer. You can see them, but can not feel them. A computer is useless with out the software. If hard ware is the human body, Software is nothing but the sole.
2006-08-15 04:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by Nishan Saliya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without getting too technical,
Hardware refers to the physical components that make up a computer.
Software refers to the programs that can be loaded into the computer's memory and executed.
Examples of hardware: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, CPU, Memory, disk drives, memory sticks, etc...
Examples of software: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Freecell, Linux, Viruses, Anti-virus protection, FireFox, Internet Explorer, Yahoo Messenger.
2006-08-15 04:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by send_jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Software are programs that you install and work with on your computer while hardware is "hard parts" of a computer. Things that computer has built of ( Hard Drive, motherborad,memory, graphic card etc).
2006-08-15 04:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardware is the "nuts & bolts" of a computer, while software dictates how it runs.
2006-08-15 04:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by dcall2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be more general hardware is anything that you can touch and move example are mouse, keyboard, monitor, CPU, mouse pad, printer, scanner etc etc....
software is what you see on your monitor you can not touch a software but can do your useful work like chatting, surfing, accounting, office work etc.
example of software are:- yahoo messenger, windows applications, notepad, paint etc etc.
2006-08-15 04:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by Deepak Goel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋