hardware
The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.
Other meanings
Electronic equipment.
Metal implements.
“The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.”
A kind of
- means
Related words
- biohardware
- hardware-accelerated
- hardware acceleration
- hardware cloth
- hardware description language
- hardware disease
- hardware engineer
- hardwareless
- hardwareman
- hardware store
- hardware node
- hardware wallet
Word history
From Middle English "hardware".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hardware” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.