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noun
1.
metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
2.
the mechanical equipment necessary for conducting an activity, usually distinguished from the theory and design that make the activity possible.
3.
military weapons and combat equipment.
4.
Slang. a weapon carried on one's person: The rougher types were asked to check their hardware at the door.
5.
Computers. the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical devices comprising a computer system, as the CPU, disk drives, keyboard, or screen.
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Hardware
is always a great word to know.
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| characterized by or defining oneself by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and support or use of natural products and health foods |
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World English Dictionary
| hardware (ˈhɑːdˌwɛə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | metal tools, implements, etc, esp cutlery or cooking utensils |
| 2. | computing Compare software the physical equipment used in a computer system, such as the central processing unit, peripheral devices, and memory |
| 3. | mechanical equipment, components, etc |
| 4. | heavy military equipment, such as tanks and missiles or their parts |
| 5. | informal a gun or guns collectively |
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Science Dictionary
hardware  (härd'wâr') Pronunciation Key
A computer, its components, and its related equipment. Hardware includes disk drives, integrated circuits, display screens, cables, modems, speakers, and printers. Compare software. |
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
hardware definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary
hardware definition
hardwareThe physical, touchable, material parts of a computer or other system. The term is used to distinguish these fixed parts of a system from the more changable software or data components which it executes, stores, or carries.
Computer hardware typically consists chiefly of electronic devices (CPU, memory, display) with some electromechanical parts (keyboard, printer, disk drives, tape drives, loudspeakers) for input, output, and storage, though completely non-electronic (mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, biological) computers have also been conceived of and built.
See also firmware, wetware.
(1997-01-23)
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