On the other hand Microsoft Windows (or any other operating system like macOS or Linux), internet browsers (like Mozilla Firefox or Safari), applications like Adobe Photoshop, Instagram, Spotify, and drivers for a soundcard or a graphic card are all examples of software.

Motherboards, graphic cards, monitors, RAM stick, and hard disk drives are all examples of hardware contained in a computer that are useless without software. Hardware without software doesn't do anything (a computer without an Operating System such as Windows or MacOS isn't capable of running anything) and software without hardware have nothing to send instructions to (a copy of windows or MacOS is useless without a computer to run it on). The hardware usually refers to physical electronic pieces inside a device (usually a collection of microchips, logic gates and specialised processing chips, such as those to process radio waves for communication, or process audio for sound), while the software is the set of instructions that tells the device what to do. Modern electronic devices require two main parts to function: the hardware and the software. But what do these software updates do? How do they actually work, and why are they important? Hardware and Software With more and more connected devices around us, the chance that you've been hit by an update notification is high.

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