<span>These are places in the United that had a very good concentration of heavy industries but are no longer functional and as such are deindustrialized as a result of either economic problems , loss of workforce, outsourcing to chinese or indian companies as a result of lower manufacturing cost and better profit to the company amongst many other similar reasons.</span>
An electronic calendar would be an example of software. The remaining things which you've mentioned in your questions would be examples of peripheral devices (so mouse, scanner, and monitor :)).
Nationalism and imperialism encouraged each European nation to pursue its own interests and compete for power. ... The alliance system pulled one nation after another into the conflict.
