hardware

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɚ/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-hardware.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

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. Lua error in Module:form_of/templates at line 132: Parameter 1 is required. Equipment.
    military hardware
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    • Lua error in Module:quote at line 2972: Parameter 1 is required.
  3. Template: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.
      Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.
  4. Template:technology Electronic equipment.
  5. Metal implements.
  6. Template:slang A firearm.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. Template:computing hardware

Synonyms

Jèrriais

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) hardware.

Noun

Template:roa-jer-noun

  1. Template:computing hardware
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