Re: Reminder, blatant ad


"dawn" <dawnwolthuis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> No. It is used as a model, a metaphor. So, what are your precise
> definitions for hardware and software -- the ones you gave earlier or
> do you want to revise? --dawn

Any computer can be divided in two disjoint parts: the hardware and the
software.
The software is the part that can be easily changed to modify the function
of a computer.


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