"Mr . Waqar Akbar" <wqr.ak...@gmail.com> writes: > A computer is a collection of modular electronic components, i.e. > components that can be replaced by other components that may have > different characteristics that are capable of running computer > programs.
And also storing and manipulating all sorts of other digital information, not just programs. > Thus, the term "hardware" refers to all the material elements of a > computer and "software" refers to the program parts. Rather, “software” refers to *all* the streams of bits. Whether a bit stream is interpreted as a program, a graphic image, a document, or all three simultaneously — or any of countless other potential interpretations for a bit stream — is transitory, and doesn't affect its nature as “software”. Or, as the aphorism goes: The hardware is the parts of the computer you can kick, and the software is everything else in the computer. -- \ “I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.” —Steven | `\ Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
