What are the current hardware and software?

[tracym]

Current trends in hardware and software include the increasing use of reduced instruction-set computing, migration to the UNIX operating system, the development of large software libraries, microprocessor-based smart terminals that allow remote validation of data, speech synthesis and recognition, application.

[joselync]

Computer hardware is any physical device used in or with your machine, whereas software is a collection of codes installed onto your computer's hard drive. In a computer, hardware is what makes a computer work. A CPU processes data and that information can be stored in RAM or on a hard drive. A sound card can offer sound to speakers and a video card can provide an image to a monitor. All of this is hardware.

[tracym]

Hardware refers to the physical elements of a computer. Also referred to as the machinery or the equipment of the computer.

[joselync]

If hardware is damaged, it is replaced with new one.

If software is damaged, its backup copy can be reinstalled.