● 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.