hardware

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  (informal) Equipment.
  3. 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.
  4. Noun.  (technology) Electronic equipment.
  5. Noun.  Metal implements.
  6. Noun.  (slang) A firearm.

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