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Software is stored on hardware such as hard disks or tape. Monsters, Inc. can be recorded on a VCR tape. But the computer program (and the TV episode) is intangible. It is not the physical storage medium.
The hardware components of a computer system are the electronic and mechanical parts.
The software components of a computer system are the intangible parts: the data and the computer programs.
The major hardware components of a computer system are:
Processor
Main memory
Secondary memory
Input devices
Output devices