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[|Information Technology and Communication] basically refers to the technology that we typically use to retrieve, decipher, handle and present information. We can distinguish between **hardware** such as computers, scanners and personal pc's and **software** as the program that enables the hardware to perform.

[|Wikipedia] defines **software** as "a [|program] that enables a [|computer] to perform a specific task, as opposed to the physical components of the system (//[|hardware]//). This includes [|application software] such as a word processor, which enables a user to perform a task, and [|system software] such as an [|operating system], which enables other software to run properly, by interfacing with hardware and with other software." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware
 * Computer hardware** is the physical part of a [|computer], including the [|digital circuitry], as distinguished from the [|computer software] that executes within the hardware.