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Basically hardware is the physical machine you run your software (programs) on. For example hardware includes monitors, keyboards, motherboards, cd-roms, processors, etc.
Meanwhile software are the programs you run (like notepad, Firefox, Safari, MS Word or games) and the operating system (which is a special case of software which works as a layer between the hardware and all other software).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoThat varies a lot, depending on the specific computer - for example, between an Android phone, a personal computer, or the Tianhe-2 supercomputer. Even for personal computers, different configurations are available. In any case, a personal computer typically has:
* Hardware: a motherboard; the CPUs and the memory chips; a hard disk; a power supply; several expansion cards that are connected to the motherboard (they may also be an integral part of the motherboard), such as a sound card and a network card; a keyboard; a mouse; a screen (monitor); several other miscellaneous hardware items.
* Software: an operating system such as Windows or Linux; an antivirus program, for example AVG or Avast!; an office package such as MS-Word or OpenOffice; one or more internet browsers; any other programs the user requires or wants, for example games.
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∙ 12y agohard ware is the physical part of the computer and soft ware is the programs that computers use to perform it's tasks
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∙ 12y agosoftware are intangible parts of a computer.
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The two main parts of a computer are its hardware and?
Computers have hardware (the parts the computer is made up from) and software (programs)
How about the computer engineering?
study of hardware and software parts of computer
Is McAfee virus protection a computer hardware?
No, McAfee virus protection is not hardware. Instead, it is a software program. Hardware is the physical parts of a computer, but software is computer code. So an antivirus program is software, not hardware.
What do we mean by hardware computer?
Computer hardware is the physical parts of the computer. This is in contrast to software, which is the non physical programs that the hardware runs.
Is the mouse a software?
The mouse is not a software but hardware that is used in computers. Software refers to applications that are used on computers but hardware is the parts that are connected to a computer.
Is Software a soft part of the computer?
Yes, software is a Soft Part. If you want to assemble/build a new computer and you have all of the parts lying on a table. One of those parts will be the software to be installed onto the computer hardware once the hardware is assembled.
What is more important to computer hardware or software?
Both are vital and inseparable to a computer. Without software, the computer cannot do any useful work. Without hardware, the software has nothing to run it.
Identify the major parts of a computer system?
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Can you turn computer software into hardware?
NO. Computer hardware is a completely different part of the computer system from the Software. Software is not a physical Item like hardware.
Is a computer a software of hardware?
both a hardware and software
Why is hardware needed in a computer?
Software. Short and sweet. Hardware needs software to work.
Is computer moniter a software or hardware?
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