Hardware and Software are terms commonly reserved to describe a computer. Hardware is the shell, or machines. Software are the programs, the non-physical substances that serve a function and allow a computer to operate. On one hand we have the physical, hardware, while on the other hand we have the metaphysical, software. Have you ever heard the human body compared to a machine? Organic and inorganic matter is not dissimilar on the most basic level. Everything is a product of energy and information.