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hardware
[ hahrd-wair ]
noun
- metalware typically used for repair or construction, as screws, locks, hinges, or machine parts:
The store has aisles for hardware, lumber, electrical equipment, and plumbing supplies.
- the mechanical equipment necessary for conducting an activity, usually distinguished from the theory and design that make the activity possible.
- Computers. the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical devices comprising a computer system, as the CPU, disk drives, keyboard, or screen. Compare software.
- military weapons and combat equipment:
The tactical concern with retreat was military hardware falling into enemy hands.
- Slang. a weapon or weapons carried on one's person:
The rougher types were asked to check their hardware at the door.
- Slang.
- medals or trophies:
The Olympic athletes posed iconically with their new hardware fanned across their chests, or playfully pretended to bite their gold medals.
- jewelry, especially large or flashy pieces of jewelry:
She loved her engagement ring, but she took it off at work—a bakery is no place for hardware like that.
hardware
/ ˈɑːˌɛə /
noun
- metal tools, implements, etc, esp cutlery or cooking utensils
- computing the physical equipment used in a computer system, such as the central processing unit, peripheral devices, and memory Compare software
- mechanical equipment, components, etc
- heavy military equipment, such as tanks and missiles or their parts
- informal.a gun or guns collectively
hardware
- A computer, its components, and its related equipment. Hardware includes disk drives, integrated circuits, display screens, cables, modems, speakers, and printers.
- Compare software
Word History and Origins
Origin of hardware1
Example Sentences
And it further cemented one of the most promising early storylines of this Dodgers season — continuing to affirm Yamamoto, in just his second MLB season, as someone who could be competing for hardware this fall.
"Software mindsets don't work with hardware products, which need time to build," said Deepesh Rathore, who used to head product strategy at Ola Electric and now runs consultancy firm Insight EV.
He might’ve gotten away with it if not for the meddling recording hardware built into her abdomen.
"Even with the contribution and advancements of companies like SpaceX, launching hardware into orbit remains extremely expensive," he says.
"This can include setting up deep-tech innovation funds, building strong academia-start-up bridges and offering incentives for faster developments in hardware, AI, biotech and clean energy," it said.
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