Hardware are the physical items inside a computer, like the motherboard, RAM, harddrive, graphics card, wiring, DVD drive, and case.
Software is data, like files on the hard drive, which include your browser, operating system, any documents, programs, games, pictures.
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Computer HARDWARE are actual pieces of a computer, specifically inside.
Computer SOFTWARE are virtual pieces of information, like operating systems, Web Browsers, drivers, and other programs. HARDWARE is the TANGIBLE part of a computer SOFTWARE is the INTANGIBLE part of a computer
The hardware and software of a computer are two different things.
Hardware = Something in a physical state eg a hard drive or disk drive etc..
Software = Something in a computer readable state eg a program (ie. Microsoft Word). In windows the software extension is usually .exe and on a mac .dmg
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