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Comparison Chart: Hardware Software

This document provides a comparison chart contrasting hardware and software. It defines hardware as the physical devices that store and execute software, such as input/output devices, storage, and processors. Software is defined as the collection of instructions that allows users to interact with computers and perform specific tasks. The chart notes that hardware and software are interdependent, with hardware requiring software to function and software needing hardware to deliver its instructions. It also contrasts their natures, failures, durabilities, and examples.

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Comparison Chart: Hardware Software

This document provides a comparison chart contrasting hardware and software. It defines hardware as the physical devices that store and execute software, such as input/output devices, storage, and processors. Software is defined as the collection of instructions that allows users to interact with computers and perform specific tasks. The chart notes that hardware and software are interdependent, with hardware requiring software to function and software needing hardware to deliver its instructions. It also contrasts their natures, failures, durabilities, and examples.

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Hardware Software
Definition
Devices that are required to store and execute
(or run) the software.
Collection of instructions
that enables a user to
interact with the computer.
Software is a program that
enables a computer to
perform a specific task, as
opposed to the phsical
components of the sstem
(hardware).
Types
!nput,storage,processing,control, and output
devices.
Sstem software,
"rogramming software, and
#pplication software.
Examples
CD$%&', monitor, printer, video card, scanners
, label makers, routers , and modems.
(uickbooks, #dobe #crobat,
)inoms$Cs, !nternet
*xplorer , 'icrosoft )ord ,
'icrosoft *xcel
Function
+ardware serve as the deliver sstem for
software solutions. ,he hardware of a computer
is infrequentl changed, in comparison with
software and data, which are -soft. in the sense
that the are readil created, modified, or
erased on the comput
,o perform the specific task
ou need to complete.
Software is generall not
needed to for the hardware
to perform its basic level
tasks such as turning on and
reponding to input.
Inter
dependency
+ardware starts functioning once software is
loaded.
,o deliver its set of
instructions, Software is
installed on hardware.
Failure
+ardware failure is random. +ardware does
have increasing failure at the last stage.
Software failure is
sstematic. Software does
not have an increasing
failure rate.
Durability
+ardware wears out over time. Software does not wear out
over time. +owever, bugs
are discovered in software as
time passes.
Nature +ardware is phsical in nature. Software is logical in nature.

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