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Hardware:
1 Physical parts of the computer are called hardware.
2 You can touch, see and feel hardware.
3 Hardware is constructed using physical materials or components.
4 Computer is hardware, which operates under the control of a software.
5 If hardware is damaged, it is replaced with new one.
6 Hardware is not affected by computer viruses.
7 Hardware cannot be transferred from one place to another electronically through network.
8 User cannot make new duplicate copies of the hardware.
Software:
1 A set of instructions given to the computer is called software.
2 You cannot touch and feel software.
3 Software is developed by writing instructions in programming language.
4 The operations of computer are controlled through software.
5 If software is damaged or corrupted, its backup copy can be reinstalled.
6 Software is affected by computer viruses.
7 Software can be transferred from one lace to another electronically through network.
8 User can make many new duplicate copies of the software.