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Software is virtual, you can see it on your screen, hardware is actually hard, you can touch it you can feel it.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSoftware is on the inside of a compter, like internet. Hardware, is like the mouse or the keyboard.
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∙ 9y agoHardware is the actual physical objects which make up a computer. Software are the programs which make those physical objects perform.
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Will technology one day progress to the point where there will not be a need to distinguish between hardware and software meaning that no difference would be perceived between the 2 types of interface?
No, hardware is of necessity a physical mechanism and software is procedural information. The same software can run on very different hardware, as long as it interprets it the same way producing the same physical effect will have the same result. But hardware without software will do nothing (unless the hardware is fixed single purpose hardware that needs no software).
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.
True or False Standards help to ensure interoperability between software and hardware from different manufacturers?
The answer is true. Without these standards, it would be tough to design a network because you could ensure the hardware and software from different companies would be compatible.
What is the different between Windows 98 and window NT?
Windows NT (new technology) added the HAL or Hardware Abstraction Layer to prevent direct interaction between hardware and software.
What is relationship between hardware and software in OSI?
software is the mind that tells the mechanical parts which are the hardware on how to proceed and perform.
What is the relationship between hardware and software?
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What is difference between software characteristics and hardware characteristics?
there are several difference between computer hardware and software .fundamental difference between hardware(keyboard,printer) is a physical device and software is instructions that given to the computer(window 2000,microsoft office )etc
What is the difference between hardware and soft ware?
The difference between hardware and software is that hardware is something physical. It is something you can touch. For example, a CD and its CD-ROM drive is hardware, but the music that is recorded on it is the software.
Is VDU hardware or software?
A VDU is hardware.
What is Differences between Hardware and Software?
Software is the code that a computer runs - you can not touch software, it is abstract. Hardware is what runs computer code - the physical stuff you can touch.
What is the difference between hardware and software?
Software is the code that a computer runs - you can not touch software, it is abstract. Hardware is what runs computer code - the physical stuff you can touch.
5 differences between hardware and software?
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