Hardware is not difficult to understand. It is nuts and bolts and microchips. But what is software? Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it. Computer programs, rather like those aired on TV, are a man-made effort to turn lifeless hardware into something one might want to spend some time with.
Programs, like television scripts, are "written"not in English, but in English-like commands that vary from machine to machine....
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