hardware

IPA: hˈɑrdwɛr

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.]

Examples of "hardware" in Sentences

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.