what is softwere and hardwere

Hardware:

• Physical parts of the computer are called hardware.
• You can touch, see and feel hardware.
• Hardware is constructed using physical materials or components.
• Computer is hardware, which operates under the control of a software.
• If hardware is damaged, it is replaced with new one.
• Hardware is not affected by computer viruses.
• Hardware cannot be transferred from one place to another electronically through network.
• User cannot make new duplicate copies of the hardware.

Software:

• A set of instructions given to the computer is called software.
• You cannot touch and feel software.
• Software is developed by writing instructions in programming language.
• The operations of computer are controlled through software.
• If software is damaged or corrupted, its backup copy can be reinstalled.
• Software is affected by computer viruses.
• Software can be transferred from one lace to another electronically through network.
• User can make many new duplicate copies of the software.