im just not a good computer person im 68 yrs old and i have a hard time remembering the difference between what is software and what is hardware,there has to be something easy that will help me remember the difference between the 2 of these.
2006-12-24 23:15:35 · 7 answers · asked by RAY E 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
If you can touch it - like keyboard, monitor (screen), mouse, printer, etc. - it is HARDWARE. If you can only see it on the screen - it is SOFTWARE. Sometimes software comes packaged on a computer disc or tape, but to use it you have to load it onto you machine and examine it on-screen. You cannot actually touch it. Hardware is what you can feel - that is how I remember it.
2006-12-24 23:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Tony B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of hardware as "hard" as metal, hence the name hardware means something rigid and metallic. Now you can guess what hardware is. Right, it is anything you can touch and feel with your hands; tangible. They are the parts of computer.
Think of software as something "soft" or light and intangible. They are the programs you run in your computer. Hope this helps!
2006-12-24 23:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Software are computer programs usually on cd discs. Hardware consists of the cpu, keyboard, mouse, etc.
2006-12-24 23:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Put it this way.
Hardware is every thing that u can physically touch and feel their material. E.g. u can touch your keyboard as it is a 'HARD'ware.
Software is the virtual content which runs via the hardware. You cannot touch and feel software. E.g. Microsoft word is a software. You cannot touch microsoft word. Even if u try to touch it, u will be touching ur screen.
Hope that helps.
Hasnain Mir Mohammed
2006-12-24 23:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by Hasnain Mir Mohammed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hardware = the screen, the box, the keyboard, the mouse etc (things you can pick up)
Software = programs and applications (things which are loaded onto your computer)
hope this helps
2006-12-24 23:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by DeeDee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
software - basically come up w/ a disk shud be program or installed on order to operate or run it.. basically the best example would be MSOffice(MSword,Excel etc..)
hardware - internal and external parts/equipments of the computer basic example would be the hard disk , RAM ,video card processors etc....
2006-12-25 01:05:33 · answer #6 · answered by rhye p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you peeps left out firmware software built into ur hardware
2006-12-24 23:24:08 · answer #7 · answered by mandango h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋