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Meaning of hardware
Define the term hardware.
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- 1 Defines hardware as physical/electrical/electronic components of a computer system.
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The physical components of a computer system.
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Says hardware is the programs installed on a computer.
Programs are software; hardware must be the physical parts of the computer system.