Terms like hardware and software are very limited when talking about biology because it seems more like hardware nested inside software nested inside hardware, forever and ever.<p>Here are some strong generalizations about the cell:
DNA by itself does nothing but store information. RNA is a transient store of information and can also perform functions. Proteins primarily perform functions, yet embody the most information about the cell&#x27;s current live state. Each of these levels runs on and are run by the two other levels.