Computer Hardware (usually simply called '
hardware' when a computing context is concerned) is the collection of physical elements that constitutes a computer system. Computer hardware is the physical parts or components of a computer, such as the
monitor,
mouse,
keyboard,
computer data storage,
hard disk drive (HDD), graphic cards, sound cards, memory (RAM), motherboard, and so on, all of which are physical objects that are . In contrast,
software is instructions that can be stored and run by hardware.