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.
The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software
{i} tools and other small objects made of metal; weapons; mechanical equipment; mechanical and electronic elements of a computer
a general term, referring to the physical components of a computer system, includes peripherals - printers, modems and pointing devices
The physical components of a computer including the keyboard, monitor, disk drive, and internal chips and wiring Hardware is the counterpart of software
The parts of your computer system that you can bump into -- physical components such as hard disks, printers, modems, scanners, cards, keyboards, mice, and the Mac or PC itself
The physical components of a computer system, including any peripheral equipment such as printers, modems, and mouse devices
(1) (n ) The mechanical and electrical parts of a computer system, including attached devices such as printers, cables, modems, and so forth (2) (n ) The components of a computer system responsible for user input, display, and mathematical processing Often the term hardware is used in specific reference to the computing power of the CPU or the graphics accelerator, or both The collection of compute hardware is also called a "platform "
(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
Hardware refers to tools and equipment that are used in the home and garden, for example saucepans, screwdrivers, and lawnmowers. Computer machinery and equipment, including memory, cabling, power supply, peripheral devices, and circuit boards. Computer operation requires both hardware and software. Hardware design specifies a computer's capability; software instructs the computer on what to do. The advent of microprocessors in the late 1970s led to much smaller hardware assemblies and accelerated the proliferation of computers. Today's personal computers are as powerful as the early mainframes, while mainframes are now smaller and have vastly more computing power than the early models
Military hardware is the machinery and equipment that is used by the armed forces, such as tanks, aircraft, and missiles
The mechanical devices that comprise a computer system, such as the central processing unit, monitor, keyboard, and mouse, as well as other equipment like printers and speakers
The physical equipment of a computer system consisting of mechanical and electrical/electronic components
The physical parts of a computer or computer system e g the disk drive, the memory chips, the network hubs etc c f software
The physical components of your computer system, that is, the boxes Your computer hardware may include the computer, terminal, keyboard, screen, modem, printer, mouse, trackball, diskdrive, and even a scanner
The set of physical components that combine to make up a computer system (i e , CPU, monitor, keyboard, etc )