hardware
IPA: hˈɑrdwɛr
noun
- 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.
- (informal) Equipment.
- (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- (technology) Electronic equipment.
- Metal implements.
- (slang) A firearm.
- (slang) Medals or trophies.
- (Philippines) Short for hardware store. [A merchant that sells tools, fasteners, and similar objects known collectively as hardware, as well as related sundries used in construction and repair.]
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Examples of "hardware" in Sentences
- The hardware is disposable.
- The features and hardware varied with the model.
- The ownership of hardware is not the issue here.
- Hardware signification of alignment requirements.
- He is in charge of the computer hardware in the bistro.
- The awning hardware is made of strong, lightweight aluminum.
- This is the software and is looked at as the opposite of the hardware.
- From the start, the restrictions of the hardware defined the language.
- In modern parlance the body is the hardware, the soul is the software.
- Ninety percent of the woodwork and hardware in the house are original.
- But it doesn't work out of the box on any hardware - it works out of the box * on mac hardware*.
- While the outer packaging of the phone was rather rough and ready, Gizmodo have insisted that the hardware is anything but.
- This software will not be commercially available for two years, but the hardware is available today, from a Canadian company, measurand.
- Although Google provided much of the phone's software, the hardware is actually made by HTC, a Taiwanese manufacturer of phones, laptops, and other devices.
- Build a solar-thermal plant and since all the hardware is already dedicated to converting heat into electricity … add a freaking oil or natural gas burner to it.
- Mobile Analyst Watch quoting CIO Watch confirming Helio phones, with MySpace integration built into the DNA of the hardware is a waaaay kewl; way smaaart thing ta da.
- At end end of the day, i figured $13k To do it in hardware is a lot cheaper then using NLB and having to worry about storing hundreds of thousands of conncurrent connections.
- The option to run on * new* native hardware, hardware that does video overlays, that can support video decoding * in hardware* (remind me how good does a RISC PC or A9 do that?).
- The term hardware generally refers to an element having a physical structure such as electronic, electromagnetic, optical, electro-optical, mechanical, electro-mechanical parts, etc.