Hardware

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Noun

hardware (uncountable)

1. Metal implements.
2. Firearm.
3. Electronic equipment.
4. The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

Related terms

• firmware
• software

Translations

• French: matériel m (4)
• German: Hardware f (4)
• Persian: نرم‌افزار (narmafzar) (4)

See also

• Wikipedia article on hardware