Lesson 4 of 9
Hardware vs. software
Show on a big screenOne phone has a cracked screen. Another phone has an app that keeps freezing. The phone stops answering taps. Are they the same problem?
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No. The cracked screen is about a part. The freezing app is about instructions.
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- Here is a device — screen and keys.
- All of it is hardware. Touch it.
- An app runs inside the screen.
- The app is software — instructions.
Hardware is the parts you can touch. Software is the instructions.
Screen, keys and the parts inside the case are hardware. Apps and programs are software.
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