Hardware

Noun

 * 1) Metal implements.
 * 2) Firearm.
 * 3)  Electronic equipment.
 * 4)  The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.  Compare software.
 * 5) * 1952: Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer. &mdash; Binary Arithmetic, R.L. Michaelson, in The Incorporated Statistician, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1952), pp 35-40.
 * 6) 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.
 * He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.

Related terms

 * software
 * hardware store

Thesaurus
appliances, armaments, arms, brassware, chinaware, clayware, components, computer, computer hardware, computer unit, copperware, devices, dinnerware, durable goods, durables, earthenware, electronic brain, electronic computer, enamelware, fixtures, flatware, glassware, graniteware, hard goods, hollow ware, housefurnishings, housewares, information machine, ironmongery, ironware, kitchenware, machinery, materiel, metalware, munitions, ovenware, silverware, sporting goods, stoneware, tableware, thinking machine, tinware, tools, tools and machinery, white goods, woodenware

Translations

 * Croatian: željezarija
 * Czech: železářské zboží
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: rautatavara


 * Greek: σιδηρικά, είδη κιγκαλερίας
 * Manx: yiarnrey
 * Portuguese: ferragens, quinquilharia
 * Sindhi: سامَگَرِي


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Greek: βαρύς στρατιωτικός εξοπλισμός


 * Bengali:
 * Croatian: sklopovlje, hardver
 * Czech:
 * Danish: maskiner, maskinel
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός


 * Mandarin: 硬件
 * Polish: sprzęt
 * Romanian: hardware, aparatură
 * Russian: аппаратура, ,
 * Turkish: donanım


 * Bengali:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 硬件,  硬體,  硬体
 * Croatian: sklopovlje, hardver
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hardware, maskinel, isenkram
 * Esperanto: aparataro
 * Finnish: rauta, laitteisto
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: crua-earraí
 * Irish: crua-earraí


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ハードウェア (hādowea), ハード (hādo)
 * Korean:, 굳은모
 * Maltese: ħardwer
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: sprzęt
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: hardware, aparatură, aparataj
 * Russian: аппаратура,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: sklopovlje, čvrstovlje, tvrdovlje, strojevina, tvrdotvorina
 * Sindhi:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: donanım


 * Danish: udstyr, isenkram
 * German:


 * Greek: δομικά υλικά
 * Serbian: sklopovlje, čvrstovlje, tvrdovlje, strojevina, tvrdotvorina


 * Catalan: maquinari
 * : نرم‌افزار (narmafzar)


 * : 기계설비 (gigyeseolbi)
 * : donanım

Etymology
From

Synonyms

 * matériel

Noun

 * 1)  hardware