What came first software or hardware?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

well first software were designed first..and to develop it hardware were designed...!!

Answer 3

Since neither is of any use without the other, this is a meaningless question.

Answer 4

software could not exist without hardware for it to be written on

Answer 5

I'd say it would have to be hardware. You had to have hardware to write software on.

Answer 6

hardware