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.
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