Hardware

Hardware is any electronic device, or components of a device, that is capable of executing computer programmes. As you might have noticed by now – this is not limited to PCs (i.e. laptops and desktop computers). Hardware also includes mobile devices, tablets or even credit card machines. 

Using a cooking analogy, you can think of it like this: 

  • Hardware – is like the utensils. The spoon, the pot, the mixer. 
  • Programming – is like the recipe, which gives the hardware the instructions of what to do.Â