English Explanatory Dictionary

hardware

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, 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.
  2. Equipment.
  3. The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.
  4. Electronic equipment.
  5. Metal implements.
  6. A firearm.
  7. Medals or trophies.
  8. Ellipsis of hardware store.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ /ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/ en-us-hardware.ogg

Word forms

hardware

Etymology

From Middle English hardware; equivalent to hard + -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

Synonyms

hardware

Related words

software vaporware

Derived words

biohardware hardware-accelerated hardware acceleration hardware cloth hardware description language hardware disease hardware engineer hardwareless hardwareman hardware node hardware store hardware wallet hardwarily nonhardware

Translations

Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার Chinese Cantonese: 硬件 Chinese: 硬體 /硬体 Chinese Mandarin: 硬件 Chinese Mandarin: 硬體 /硬体 Czech: hardware Danish: maskinel Danish: hardware Finnish: laitteisto Finnish: elektroniikka Greek: ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός Norwegian Bokmål: maskinvare Polish: sprzęt Romanian: hardware Romanian: aparatură Russian: аппарату́ра Russian: хардве́р Russian: обору́дование Serbo-Croatian: скло̏по̄вље Serbo-Croatian: ха̏рдве̄р Serbo-Croatian: sklȍpōvlje Serbo-Croatian: hȁrdvēr Sindhi: ڳڻپيوگري Spanish: hardware Spanish: soporte físico Spanish: hárdwer Turkish: donanım Ukrainian: обла́днання Ukrainian: апара́тне забезпе́чення
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