All hardware and software are directed by drivers that are embedded in them. When the computer starts the BIOS, or the sort of very starting thing, tells the computer to check for all software and hardware and to identify them. Once this is completed the drivers embedded in the hardware or software then tells it what to do and TA-DA! You have access to everything in your computer.
Software
hey, As the hardware is only the component but the microcontroller or microprocessor built with in works as an heart of the circuit. it contains the program written in high level languages which are compiled or assembelled to work as an machine language.
A VDU is hardware.
Printed materials converted to digital are generally called e-books; however this would more likely be called "content" than "software." Software implies a program that directs the actions of hardware, which a dictionary, for example, would not be able to do.
The central processing unit (CPU) moves data, performs mathematical operations, makes decisions based on instructions, and directs the actions of hardware and software. This term has been used by the computing industry at least as far back as the early 60's. Computer processors have changed a lot since then, while their fundamental role remains pretty much the same. Most processors fit on a single chip, and many processors are multi-core, meaning there is more than one on the same chip.
A scanner is both hardware and software, the device itself is hardware (all devices are hardware) but the driver(a program) that runs it is software.
hardware
A microphone is hardware. Software is what programs and games are called.
both a hardware and software
Motherboards are hardware components, not software.
Have to be hardware. How could you write software if there were no hardware to write it on?
Software. Short and sweet. Hardware needs software to work.