| 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 touch | Can'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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