hardware
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- (RP) IPA: /ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/, SAMPA: /"hA:d%wE@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɚ/, SAMPA: /"hArd%wE@`/
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[edit] Noun
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hardware (uncountable)
- Metal implements.
- Firearm.
- Electronic equipment.
- The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- 1952: Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer. — Binary Arithmetic, R.L. Michaelson, in The Incorporated Statistician, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1952), pp 35-40.
- 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.
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Metal implements
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Firearm
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Electronic equipment
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The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification
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Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general purpose construction and repair of a structure or object
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