Friday, 9 December 2016

What Difference Between Hardware And Software



  Difference Between Hardware And Software


Computer

                                   Computer is an electronic device which can process data into information.



Hardware 

  • It refers to the physical component of the computer required to store and execute software.
  • It is physical in nature.
  • It understands only binary data or digital. i.e 0s and 1s in the form of voltage pulses.
  • Types,Input,Storage,processing output and communication devices.
  • It can start functioning once software is loaded.
  • Hardware faults are physical.
  • Example,Monitor,printer,hard disk,video card ect.

Software

  • Set of instruction that enable a user to interact with the computer.
  • It is logical in nature.
  • Software tells the hardware everything in the form of binary Data or digits.i.e 0s and 1s  only.
  • Types,system software and application software.
  • Software includes the program that run on the hardware.Such as microsoft XP is the software that makes the computer system functional.
  • Its faults are logical.
  • Example,Window,Word,Excel,Games and Graphic ect.

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