Hardware can most definitely work without software. Any piece of machinery is considered hardware. Take a bicycle for example. It requires no software whatsoever to function properly. Now if you're talking in "computer only" terms, there are also components inside your PC that do not require software to function. The power supply for example, is plugged into an outlet and sends power to the motherboard and drives etc. In it's most basic form it requires no programming to function. Now I'm sure there are some advanced power supplies with chips inside that are programmed to do certain things and make the hardware function better. That's what software is meant to do...
Now as for software working without hardware... I don't think that is plausible. The only reason software exists is to direct or improve the function of hardware. In fact, software cannot just float in the air; it must be stored somewhere. Anything it could be stored on would have to be considered hardware.
Hmmm, interesting...
Turn hardware on and it will consume energy (work) but without any instructions (software) it will not "do" anything. it will just sit there and be warm.
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system software is software which control the hardware of computer too operate it
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Specific hardware is often required to operate the software, such as a joystick, handheld device, or console.
hardware and software
Software. Short and sweet. Hardware needs software to work.
The accompanying software but most assuredly the Drivers.
Severely, severely, severely oversimplifying it... The hardware does the actual work, consuming power as it does it. The software tells the hardware what work to do, when to do it, and in what order it should be done.
Computer Software is a list of instructions that tells the computer hardware what to do. Without software hardware would be just metal, plastic that does nothing.
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.
A digital camera is hardware. The computer program inside that runs it is software. ----------------- Both, alone the camera (hardware) would not work without the program (software) inside it.
A VDU is hardware.