Relationship between Hardware and Software


●      Hardware and software are mutually dependent on each other. Both of them must work together to make a computer produce a useful output.

●      Software cannot be utilized without supporting hardware.

●      Hardware without set of programs to operate upon cannot be utilized and is useless.

●      To get a particular job done on the computer, relevant software should be loaded into the hardware

●      Hardware is a one-time expense.

●      Software development is very expensive and is a continuing expense.

●      Different software applications can be loaded on a hardware to run different jobs.

●      A software acts as an interface between the user and the hardware.

●      If hardware is the ‘heart’ of a computer system, then software is its ‘soul’. Both are complimentary to each other.