operating system
The most critical software facilities is the system software particularly the operating system for this systems are the one responsible for the operations and the proper running of all the hardware and the correct execution of tasks given by a program.
A VDU is hardware.
A fax machine is hardware. It has some software that runs it, but that is typical of most hardware these days.
Several reasons: hardware and software costs a lot of money IT is now critical to an organisation's success so its important that the software meets the needs of the organisation. Hardware needs to be sufficiently powerful to meet the demands that will be placed on it by the users.
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
Internet Explorer is a software application on your computer. Hardware is something that you can physically touch (in most cases). Software is what runs on the computer to make the hardware work.
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.