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{{also|Hardware}}
==English==
==English==
{{rfq|en|first sense (Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices...)}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|hardware}}; equivalent to {{af|en|hard|-ware|id2=substance, kind, or use}}; attested since the mid-15th century.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/|a=RP}}
* {{a|GenAm}} {{IPA|/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɚ/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/|a=GenAm}}
* {{audio|en-us-hardware.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-hardware.ogg|a=US}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# [[fixture|Fixtures]], [[equipment]], [[tool|tools]] and [[device|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]].
# [[fixture|Fixtures]], [[equipment]], [[tool|tools]] and [[device|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]], [[nail]]s, [[screw]]s, [[nut]]s, [[bolt]]s and other assorted '''hardware''', so he went to the hardware store.
#: {{ux|en|He needed a [[hammer]], [[nail]]s, [[screw]]s, [[nut]]s, [[bolt]]s and other assorted '''hardware''', so he went to the '''hardware''' store.}}
# {{context|informal|lang=en}} [[equipment|Equipment]].
# {{lb|en|informal}} [[equipment|Equipment]].
#: ''military '''hardware'''''
#: {{uxi|en|military '''hardware'''}}
#* {{quote-journal|date=June 6|year=2003|title=Mission to Mars|journal=CBS_Rather|passage=BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated '''hardware''' to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=June 6, 2003|title=Mission to Mars|journal=CBS_Rather|passage=BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated '''hardware''' to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.}}
#* {{quote-journal|date=May|year=2009|volume=131|issue=5|page=40|title=plowing new ground.|author=Lee S. Langston|journal=Mechanical Engineering|passage=It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual '''hardware''' as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2009|month=May|volume=131|issue=5|page=40|title=plowing new ground.|author=Lee S. Langston|journal=Mechanical Engineering|passage=It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual '''hardware''' as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.}}
#* {{quote-journal|date=January|year=2011|volume=188|issue=1|page=27|title=Swedish Sportster|journal=Popular Mechanics|passage=Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra '''hardware''' is expensive.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2011|month=January|volume=188|issue=1|page=27|title=Swedish Sportster|journal=Popular Mechanics|passage=Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra '''hardware''' is expensive.}}
# {{context|computing|lang=en}} The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare [[software]].
# {{senseid|en|Q3966}}{{lb|en|computing}} The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare [[software]].
#* '''1952''', "Binary Arithmetic", R.L. Michaelson, in ''The Incorporated Statistician'', vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1952), pp 35-40.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1952|title=Binary Arithmetic|author=R.L. Michaelson|journal=The Incorporated Statistician|volume=3|issue=1 (Feb. 1952)|pages=35–40|passage='''Hardware''' is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.}}
# {{lb|en|technology}} Electronic equipment.
#*: '''Hardware''' is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.
# {{context|technology|lang=en}} Electronic equipment.
# [[metal|Metal]] implements.
# [[metal|Metal]] implements.
#: {{ux|en|The designers have put their logo on the '''hardware''' of this bag here.}}
# {{context|slang|lang=en}} A [[firearm]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[firearm]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} [[medal|Medals]] or [[trophy|trophies]].
# {{lb|en|Philippines}} {{short for|en|[[hardware store]]}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|biohardware|hardware-accelerated|hardware acceleration|hardware cloth|hardware description language|hardware disease|hardwareless|hardwareman|hardware store|hardwarily|nonhardware}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
{{rel3
* [[software]]
|en| software
* [[hardware store]]
| vaporware
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|am|ሃርድዌር}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|Metal implements}}
{{trans-top|fixtures, equipment, tools and devices}}
* {{ttbc|cs}}: {{t|cs|železářské zboží|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|железари́я|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|udstyr|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ferreteria|f}}, {{t+|ca|ferramenta|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rautatavara}}
* Danish: {{t|da|isenkram|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ijzerwaren}}
* Greek: {{t|el|σιδηρικά|n-p|tr=sidiriká}}, {{t|el|είδη κιγκαλερίας|n-p|tr=eídi kigkalerías}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rakennustarvikkeet|p}}
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* Manx: {{t|gv|yiarnrey}}
* French: {{t+|fr|équipement|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|ferragens|f}}, {{t|pt|quinquilharia|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|ferramenta|f-p|alt=ferramentas}}, {{t+|gl|ferramenta|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|željezarija|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Eisenwaren|f-p}}
* Sindhi: {{t|sd|سامگري|tr=sâmagarī|sc=sd-Arab}}
* Greek: {{t|el|δομικά υλικά|n-p}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|barkácsáru}}, {{t|hu|szerszámáru}}, {{t|hu|iparáru}}, {{t+|hu|iparcikk}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ferramenta|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|aparatūra|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|aparatūra|?}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|jernvare|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|jarnvare|f}}, {{t|nn|jernvare|f}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Iesawoakj|n}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|artykuły żelazne|nv}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|equipamento|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|echipament|n}}, {{t|ro|componente fizice|f-p}}, {{t|ro|componente materiale|f-p}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|скло̏по̄вље|n}}, {{t|sh|чврстовље|?}}, {{t|sh|тврдовље|?}}, {{t|sh|стројевина|?}}, {{t|sh|тврдотворина|?}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sklȍpōvlje|n}}, {{t|sh|čvrstovlje|?}}, {{t|sh|tvrdovlje|?}}, {{t|sh|strojevina|?}}, {{t|sh|tvrdotvorina|?}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|järnvara|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hırdavat}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|апарату́ра}}, {{t|uk|те́хніка}}, {{t|uk|прила́ддя}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|caledwedd|f}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|izerwaren}}
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{{trans-top|Firearm}}
{{trans-top|equipment}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zbraň|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|avadanlıq}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|våben|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|обору́дване|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuliase}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|udstyr|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kalusto}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|arme à feu|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|equipamento|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felszerelés}}, {{t+|hu|berendezés}}, {{t+|hu|eszközök|p}}
* Greek: {{t|el|βαρύς στρατιωτικός εξοπλισμός|m|tr=varýs stratiotikós exoplismós}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|peralatan}}, {{t+|id|perlengkapan}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|peralatan}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|peralatan}}, {{t|ms|kelengkapan}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|utstyr|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sprzęt|m}}, {{t|pl|artykuły żelazne|nv}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|оборудование|n}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|обла́днання}}, {{t|uk|те́хніка}}
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{{trans-top|Electronic equipment}}
{{trans-top|material part of a computer}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَتاع الحاسب}}, {{t|ar|المَتاع}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|হার্ডওয়্যার|tr=harḑ-owar|sc=Beng}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|aparat təminatı|p}}, {{t+|az|avadanlıq|s}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hardware|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|maskine}}r {{g|p}}, {{t|da|maskinel|n}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|апаратнае забеспячэнне|n}}, {{t|be|абсталяванне|n}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হার্ডওয়্যার|tr=ḣarḍōẏyar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laitteisto}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ха́рдуер|m}}
* Greek: {{t|el|ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός|m|tr=ilektronikós exoplismós}}
* Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|硬件|sc=Hani}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sprzęt|m}}
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|hardware|n}}, {{t+|ro|aparatură|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|аппаратура|f|tr=apparatúra}}, {{t+|ru|хардвер|m|tr=xardvér}}, {{t+|ru|оборудование|n|tr=oborúdovanije}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|sklopovlje|n}}, {{t|sh|hardver|m}}
* Sindhi: {{t+|sd|ڳڻپيوگري|sc=sd-Arab}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|donanım}}
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{{trans-top|The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification}}
* {{trreq|ar}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|হার্ডওয়্যার|tr=harḑ-owar|sc=Beng}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|maquinari|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|maquinari|m}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|硬件|tr=ngaang6 gin6-2}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|硬件|tr=yìngjiàn|sc=Hani}}, {{qualifier|Taiwan}} {{t+|cmn|硬體|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|硬体|tr=yìngtǐ|sc=Hani}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|硬體|tr=ngē-thé, ngī-thé}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|硬件|tr=yìngjiàn}} {{qualifier|mainland China}}, {{t+|cmn|硬體|tr=yìngtǐ}} {{qualifier|Taiwan}}, {{t|cmn|硬設備|tr=yìngshèbèi}} {{qualifier|mainland China}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hardware|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hardware|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hardware|c}}, {{t|da|maskinel|n}}, {{t|da|isenkram}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hardware|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hardware|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aparataro}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aparataro}}
* Finnish: {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|fi|rauta}}, {{t+|fi|laitteisto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laitteisto}}, {{t+|fi|hardware}}; {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|fi|rauta}}, {{t|fi|hardis}}
* French: {{t+|fr|matériel|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|matériel|m}}, {{t+|fr|hardware|m}}, {{t|fr|matériel informatique|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|hardware|m}}, {{t|gl|soporte físico}}
* German: {{t+|de|Hardware|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Hardware|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υλισμικό|n|tr=ylismikó}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υλισμικό|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|חומרה|f|tr=khomrá}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|हार्डवेयर|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hardver}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|vélbúnaður|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|hardwaro}}, {{t|io|aparataro}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|perangkat keras}}, {{t|id|peranti keras}}, {{t+|id|peralatan}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|crua-earraí|m-p}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|crua-earraí|m-p}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|hardware|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|hardware|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ハードウェア|tr=hādou~ea|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|ハード|tr=hādo|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ハードウェア|tr=hādowea}}, {{t+|ja|ハード|tr=hādo}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|ꦥꦶꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ ꦏꦱꦂ}}
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* Korean: {{t+|ko|하드웨어}}, {{t|ko|굳은모}}
* Jèrriais: {{t|roa-jer|hardware|m}}
* Kurdish:
* Korean: {{t+|ko|하드웨어|tr=hadeuweeo|sc=Hang}}, {{t|ko|굳은모|sc=Hang}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|hişkalav}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|aparatūra}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|aparatūra}}, {{t+|lt|techninė įranga}}, {{t|lt|aparatinė įranga}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|perkakasan}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|perkakasan}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ħardwer|m}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ħardwer|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|maskinvare|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pūmārō}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sprzęt|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|हार्डवेअर|n}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|hardware|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|maskinvare|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|maskinvare|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|سخت‌افزار|tr=saxt-afzâr}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|hardware|m}}, {{t|pl|sprzęt komputerowy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|hardware|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|hardware|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|hardware|f|n}}, {{t+|ro|aparatură|f}}, {{t+|ro|aparataj|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|hardware|n}}, {{t+|ro|aparatură|f}}, {{t+|ro|aparataj|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|аппарату́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|хардве́р|m}}, {{t+|ru|аппара́тное обеспече́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|обору́дование|n}}, {{t+|ru|железо|n}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|аппаратура|f|tr=apparatúra}}, {{t+|ru|хардвер|m|tr=xardvér}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bathar-cruaidh|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bathar-cruaidh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|čvrstovlje}}, {{t|sh|tvrdovlje}}, {{t|sh|strojevina}}, {{t|sh|tvrdotvorina}}, {{t|sh|sklopovlje|n}}, {{t|sh|hardver|m}}, {{t|sh|računalna sklopovska podrška|f}}, {{t|sh|strojna oprema|f}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|чврстовље|?}}, {{t|sh|тврдовље|?}}, {{t|sh|стројевина|?}}, {{t|sh|тврдотворина|?}}, {{t|sh|скло̏по̄вље|n}}, {{t|sh|ха̏рдве̄р|m}}, {{t|sh|рачунална склоповска подршка|f}}, {{t|sh|стројна опрема|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hardware|m}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|čvrstovlje|?}}, {{t|sh|tvrdovlje|?}}, {{t|sh|strojevina|?}}, {{t|sh|tvrdotvorina|?}}, {{t+|sh|sklȍpōvlje|n}}, {{t+|sh|hȁrdvēr|m}}, {{t|sh|računalna sklopovska podrška|f}}, {{t|sh|strojna oprema|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hårdvara|c}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hardware|m}}, {{t|es|soporte físico|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|maunzi ngumu}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hårdvara|c}}, {{t+|sv|maskinvara|c}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ฮาร์ดแวร์}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འཁྲེགས་ཆས}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|donanım}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|donanım}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|apparat üpjünçiligi}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|апаратне забезпечення}}, {{t|uk|апара́тне забезпе́чення}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|apparat taʻminot|alt=apparat ta'minot}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cương liệu}}, {{t+|vi|phần cứng}}, {{t|vi|phần máy}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|caledwedd|f}}
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{{trans-top|electronic equipment}}
{{trans-top|Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general purpose construction and repair of a structure or object}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|হার্ডওয়্যার|tr=hardoêr}}
* Danish: {{t|da|udstyr|n}}, {{t|da|isenkram|n}}
* Chinese:
* German: {{t+|de|Eisenwaren|f-p}}
* Greek: {{t|el|δομικά υλικά|n-p|tr=domiká yliká}}
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|硬件|tr=ngaang6 gin6-2}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|硬體|tr=ngē-thé, ngī-thé}}
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|sklopovlje}}, {{t|sh|čvrstovlje}}, {{t|sh|tvrdovlje}}, {{t|sh|strojevina}}, {{t|sh|tvrdotvorina}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|硬件|tr=yìngjiàn}} {{qualifier|mainland China}}, {{t+|cmn|硬體|tr=yìngtǐ}} {{qualifier|Taiwan}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hardware|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|maskinel|n}}, {{t+|da|hardware|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laitteisto}}, {{t+|fi|elektroniikka}}
* Greek: {{t|el|ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sprzęt|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|hardware|n}}, {{t+|ro|aparatură|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|аппарату́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|хардве́р|m}}, {{t+|ru|обору́дование|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|скло̏по̄вље|n}}, {{t|sh|ха̏рдве̄р|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sklȍpōvlje|n}}, {{t+|sh|hȁrdvēr|m}}
* Sindhi: {{t+|sd|ڳڻپيوگري}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|donanım}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|обла́днання}}, {{t|uk|апара́тне забезпе́чення}}
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{{trans-top|metal implements}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|железари́я|f}}
* Czech: {{t-check|cs|železářské zboží|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|udstyr|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rautatavara}}
* French: {{t+|fr|quincaillerie|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|quincalla|f}} {{qualifier|pejorative}}, {{t+|gl|ferralla|f}} {{qualifier|pejorative}}
* Greek: {{t|el|σιδηρικά|n-p}}, {{t|el|είδη κιγκαλερίας|n-p}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vasáru}}, {{t+|hu|fémáru}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|yiarnrey}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|artykuły metalowe|nv}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|ferragens|f-p}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|ferâm|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|жељеза̀рија|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|željezàrija|f}}
* Sindhi: {{t|sd|سامگري|tr=sāmagarī}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|fierros|m-p}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|метале́ве знаря́ддя}}
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{{trans-top|slang: firearm}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zbraň|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|skydevåben|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tykki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|arme à feu|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σιδερικό|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|arma de fuego|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|вогнепа́льна збро́я}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
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* {{ttbc|ca}}: {{t+|ca|maquinari|m}}
* Korean: {{t-check|ko|기계설비}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|donanım}}
* {{ttbc|fa}}: {{t|fa|نرم‌افزار|tr=narmafzar|sc=Arab}}
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* {{ttbc|ko}}: {{t|ko|기계설비|tr=gigyeseolbi|sc=Kore}}
* {{ttbc|tr}}: {{t+|tr|donanım}}
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===External links===
===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia}}


==Finnish==
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===Etymology===
{{bor|fi|en|hardware}}

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|haadweö}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# {{lb|fi|anglicism|computing|electronics}} {{synonym of|fi|laitteisto||hardware}} {{gloss|physical equipment, as opposed to software}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-nalle|hardwar|||a}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi
|hardis
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-02}}


==French==
==French==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|en|fr}}
{{bor+|fr|en|-}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-asph}} {{IPA|/aʁdwɛʁ/|lang=fr}}
* {{fr-asph}} {{fr-IPA|hardwair}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-hardware.wav}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|-}}
{{fr-noun|m|-}}


# {{context|computing|lang=fr}} [[#English|hardware]]
# {{lb|fr|computing}} {{l|en|hardware}}
#: {{syn|fr|matériel}}


====Synonyms====
===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}
* [[matériel]]


==Norman==
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==Jèrriais==
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nrf|en|hardware}}.

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m|pl=-}}

# {{lb|nrf|Jersey|computing}} [[#English|hardware]]

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|en|roa-jer}} {{term|hardware|lang=en}}.
{{ubor|pl|en|hardware}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-p|'hard.łer|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-hardware.wav|h=hard.ware}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{roa-jer-noun|m|pl=-}}
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|computer hardware}} {{l|en|hardware}} {{gl|material part of a computer}}
#: {{syn|pl|sprzęt komputerowy}}
#: {{cot|pl|software}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-sing|tantum=s
|hardware
|hardware'u
|hardware'owi
|hardware
|hardware'em
|hardwarze
|hardwarze
}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adjective|hardware'owy}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adverb|hardware'owo}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|hardware}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=rárdwẹr|pt=ardu.ér}}
* {{hyph|pt|hard|wa|re}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|computing}} {{l|en|hardware}} {{gloss|parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification}}
#: {{coo|pt|software}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|ro|en|hardware}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|-}}

# {{lb|ro|computing}} {{l|en|hardware}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n|n=sg}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|es|en|hardware}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|járduer|járruer|járgüer|rhyme=-}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|computing}} {{l|en|hardware}}


====Usage notes====
# {{context|computing|lang=roa-jer}} [[#English|hardware]]
{{es-unadapted}}


===Further reading===
[[am:hardware]]
* {{R:es:DRAE}}
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Revision as of 20:16, 20 August 2024

See also: Hardware

English

This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!
Particularly: “first sense (Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices...)”

Etymology

From Middle English hardware; equivalent to hard +‎ -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

hardware (uncountable)

  1. 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.
  2. (informal) Equipment.
    military hardware
    • 2003 June 6, “Mission to Mars”, in CBS_Rather:
      BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.
    • 2009 May, Lee S. Langston, “plowing new ground.”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 131, number 5, page 40:
      It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.
    • 2011 January, “Swedish Sportster”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 1, page 27:
      Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.
  3. (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
    • 1952, R.L. Michaelson, “Binary Arithmetic”, in The Incorporated Statistician, volume 3, number 1 (Feb. 1952), pages 35–40:
      Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.
  4. (technology) Electronic equipment.
  5. Metal implements.
    The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
  6. (slang) A firearm.
  7. (slang) Medals or trophies.
  8. (Philippines) Short for hardware store.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Amharic: ሃርድዌር (hardəwer)

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

English hardware

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑːdweø/, [ˈhɑ̝ːdwe̞ø̞]

Noun

hardware

  1. (anglicism, computing, electronics) Synonym of laitteisto (hardware) (physical equipment, as opposed to software)

Declension

Inflection of hardware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative hardware hardwaret
genitive hardwaren hardwarejen
partitive hardwarea hardwareja
illative hardwareen hardwareihin
singular plural
nominative hardware hardwaret
accusative nom. hardware hardwaret
gen. hardwaren
genitive hardwaren hardwarejen
hardwarein rare
partitive hardwarea hardwareja
inessive hardwaressa hardwareissa
elative hardwaresta hardwareista
illative hardwareen hardwareihin
adessive hardwarella hardwareilla
ablative hardwarelta hardwareilta
allative hardwarelle hardwareille
essive hardwarena hardwareina
translative hardwareksi hardwareiksi
abessive hardwaretta hardwareitta
instructive hardwarein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hardware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hardwareni hardwareni
accusative nom. hardwareni hardwareni
gen. hardwareni
genitive hardwareni hardwarejeni
hardwareini rare
partitive hardwareani hardwarejani
inessive hardwaressani hardwareissani
elative hardwarestani hardwareistani
illative hardwareeni hardwareihini
adessive hardwarellani hardwareillani
ablative hardwareltani hardwareiltani
allative hardwarelleni hardwareilleni
essive hardwarenani hardwareinani
translative hardwarekseni hardwareikseni
abessive hardwarettani hardwareittani
instructive
comitative hardwareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hardwaresi hardwaresi
accusative nom. hardwaresi hardwaresi
gen. hardwaresi
genitive hardwaresi hardwarejesi
hardwareisi rare
partitive hardwareasi hardwarejasi
inessive hardwaressasi hardwareissasi
elative hardwarestasi hardwareistasi
illative hardwareesi hardwareihisi
adessive hardwarellasi hardwareillasi
ablative hardwareltasi hardwareiltasi
allative hardwarellesi hardwareillesi
essive hardwarenasi hardwareinasi
translative hardwareksesi hardwareiksesi
abessive hardwarettasi hardwareittasi
instructive
comitative hardwareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hardwaremme hardwaremme
accusative nom. hardwaremme hardwaremme
gen. hardwaremme
genitive hardwaremme hardwarejemme
hardwareimme rare
partitive hardwareamme hardwarejamme
inessive hardwaressamme hardwareissamme
elative hardwarestamme hardwareistamme
illative hardwareemme hardwareihimme
adessive hardwarellamme hardwareillamme
ablative hardwareltamme hardwareiltamme
allative hardwarellemme hardwareillemme
essive hardwarenamme hardwareinamme
translative hardwareksemme hardwareiksemme
abessive hardwarettamme hardwareittamme
instructive
comitative hardwareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hardwarenne hardwarenne
accusative nom. hardwarenne hardwarenne
gen. hardwarenne
genitive hardwarenne hardwarejenne
hardwareinne rare
partitive hardwareanne hardwarejanne
inessive hardwaressanne hardwareissanne
elative hardwarestanne hardwareistanne
illative hardwareenne hardwareihinne
adessive hardwarellanne hardwareillanne
ablative hardwareltanne hardwareiltanne
allative hardwarellenne hardwareillenne
essive hardwarenanne hardwareinanne
translative hardwareksenne hardwareiksenne
abessive hardwarettanne hardwareittanne
instructive
comitative hardwareinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative hardwarensa hardwarensa
accusative nom. hardwarensa hardwarensa
gen. hardwarensa
genitive hardwarensa hardwarejensa
hardwareinsa rare
partitive hardwareaan
hardwareansa
hardwarejaan
hardwarejansa
inessive hardwaressaan
hardwaressansa
hardwareissaan
hardwareissansa
elative hardwarestaan
hardwarestansa
hardwareistaan
hardwareistansa
illative hardwareensa hardwareihinsa
adessive hardwarellaan
hardwarellansa
hardwareillaan
hardwareillansa
ablative hardwareltaan
hardwareltansa
hardwareiltaan
hardwareiltansa
allative hardwarelleen
hardwarellensa
hardwareilleen
hardwareillensa
essive hardwarenaan
hardwarenansa
hardwareinaan
hardwareinansa
translative hardwarekseen
hardwareksensa
hardwareikseen
hardwareiksensa
abessive hardwarettaan
hardwarettansa
hardwareittaan
hardwareittansa
instructive
comitative hardwareineen
hardwareinensa

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

  1. (computing) hardware
    Synonym: matériel

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey, computing) hardware

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

Template:pl-p

Noun

hardware m inan

  1. (computer hardware) hardware (material part of a computer)
    Synonym: sprzęt komputerowy
    Coordinate term: software

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb

Further reading

  • hardware in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hardware in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.duˈɛɾ/ [ɐɾ.ðuˈɛɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.duˈɛ.ɾi/ [ɐɾ.ðuˈɛ.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: hard‧wa‧re

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

  1. (computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)
    Coordinate term: software

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware n (uncountable)

  1. (computing) hardware

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxaɾdweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ð̞weɾ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈxarweɾ/ [ˈxa.rweɾ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈxaɾɡweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ɣ̞weɾ]

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

  1. (computing) hardware

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading