hardware vs software package

hardware

noun
  • Electronic equipment. 

  • The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software. 

  • Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store. 

  • Metal implements. 

  • A firearm. 

  • Medals or trophies. 

  • Equipment. 

software package

noun
  • A suite of programs that function as a single entity to accomplish a task, or group of related tasks. 

How often have the words hardware and software package occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )