hardware
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. (informal) Equipment.
- Noun. (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Noun. (technology) Electronic equipment.
- Noun. Metal implements.
- Noun. (slang) A firearm.
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