Hardware Is "Storage and Transmission"

The more memory and disk storage a computer has, the more work it can do. The faster the memory and disks transfer data and instructions to the CPU, the faster the work gets done. A hardware requirement is based on the size of the databases that will be created and the number of users or applications that will be served at the same time. How much? How fast?

Hardware

Software Is "Logic and Language"

Software deals with the details of an ever-changing business and must process transactions in a logical fashion. Languages are used to program the software. The "logic an language" involved in analysis and programming is generally far more complicated than specifying a storage and transmission requirement.

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