A student was asked to define hardware and software. They wrote the following definition in their exam:
'Hardware refers to any digital file that is saved permanently onto a storage drive because it becomes hard to extract, whereas software refers only to light, flexible physical components like USB cables and mouse pads.'
Explain two mistakes the student has made.
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