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Hardware VS Software - Difference

HARDWARE                                       SOFTWARE

Hardware is a physical part computer Software is a set of instructions that tells a computer exactly what to do.
Manufactured.Developed or Engineered.
Hardware can not perform any task without software.Software can not be executed without hardware.
Can be seen or touchCan't touch it.
It has four main categories: input device, output devices, storage, and internal components.It is mainly divided into System software, Programming software and Application software.
Hardware is not affected by computer viruses.Software is affected by computer viruses.
It can not be transferred from one place to another electrically through network.But, it can be transferred.
If hardware is damaged, it is replaced with new one.If software is damaged, its backup copy can be reinstalled.
Ex: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Printer, CPU, Hard disk, RAM, ROM etc.Ex: Ms Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop, MySQL etc.

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