What are the parts of computer software and hardware?

Answer 1

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).

Answer 2

That 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.

Answer 3

hard ware is the physical part of the computer and soft ware is the programs that computers use to perform it's tasks

Answer 4

software are intangible parts of a computer.

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