hardware

He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.

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.

military hardware

BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.

2003 June 6, “Mission to Mars”, in CBS_Rather:

It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.

2009 May, Lee S. Langston, “plowing new ground.”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 131, number 5, page 40:

Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.

2011 January, “Swedish Sportster”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 1, page 27:

Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.

1952, R.L. Michaelson, “Binary Arithmetic”, in The Incorporated Statistician, volume 3, number 1 (Feb. 1952), pages 35–40:

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.

→ Amharic: ሃርድዌር (hardəwer)

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


hardware

(anglicism, computing, electronics) Synonym of laitteisto (“hardware”) (physical equipment, as opposed to software)

laitteisto

hardware (nominative singular)
hardwaret (nominative plural)
hardware (accusative nominative singular)
hardwaret (accusative nominative plural)
hardwaren (accusative genitive singular)
hardwaret (accusative genitive plural)
hardwaren (genitive singular)
hardwarejen (genitive plural)
hardwarein (genitive plural rare)
hardwarea (partitive singular)
hardwareja (partitive plural)
hardwaressa (inessive singular)
hardwareissa (inessive plural)
hardwaresta (elative singular)
hardwareista (elative plural)
hardwareen (illative singular)
hardwareihin (illative plural)
hardwarella (adessive singular)
hardwareilla (adessive plural)
hardwarelta (ablative singular)
hardwareilta (ablative plural)
hardwarelle (allative singular)
hardwareille (allative plural)
hardwarena (essive singular)
hardwareina (essive plural)
hardwareksi (singular translative)
hardwareiksi (plural translative)
hardwaretta (abessive singular)
hardwareitta (abessive plural)
hardwarein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
hardwareni (nominative singular)
hardwareni (nominative plural)
hardwareni (accusative nominative singular)
hardwareni (accusative nominative plural)
hardwareni (accusative genitive singular)
hardwareni (accusative genitive plural)
hardwareni (genitive singular)
hardwarejeni (genitive plural)
hardwareini (genitive plural rare)
hardwareani (partitive singular)
hardwarejani (partitive plural)
hardwaressani (inessive singular)
hardwareissani (inessive plural)
hardwarestani (elative singular)
hardwareistani (elative plural)
hardwareeni (illative singular)
hardwareihini (illative plural)
hardwarellani (adessive singular)
hardwareillani (adessive plural)
hardwareltani (ablative singular)
hardwareiltani (ablative plural)
hardwarelleni (allative singular)
hardwareilleni (allative plural)
hardwarenani (essive singular)
hardwareinani (essive plural)
hardwarekseni (singular translative)
hardwareikseni (plural translative)
hardwarettani (abessive singular)
hardwareittani (abessive plural)
hardwareineni (comitative plural)
hardwaresi (nominative singular)
hardwaresi (nominative plural)
hardwaresi (accusative nominative singular)
hardwaresi (accusative nominative plural)
hardwaresi (accusative genitive singular)
hardwaresi (accusative genitive plural)
hardwaresi (genitive singular)
hardwarejesi (genitive plural)
hardwareisi (genitive plural rare)
hardwareasi (partitive singular)
hardwarejasi (partitive plural)
hardwaressasi (inessive singular)
hardwareissasi (inessive plural)
hardwarestasi (elative singular)
hardwareistasi (elative plural)
hardwareesi (illative singular)
hardwareihisi (illative plural)
hardwarellasi (adessive singular)
hardwareillasi (adessive plural)
hardwareltasi (ablative singular)
hardwareiltasi (ablative plural)
hardwarellesi (allative singular)
hardwareillesi (allative plural)
hardwarenasi (essive singular)
hardwareinasi (essive plural)
hardwareksesi (singular translative)
hardwareiksesi (plural translative)
hardwarettasi (abessive singular)
hardwareittasi (abessive plural)
hardwareinesi (comitative plural)
hardwaremme (nominative singular)
hardwaremme (nominative plural)
hardwaremme (accusative nominative singular)
hardwaremme (accusative nominative plural)
hardwaremme (accusative genitive singular)
hardwaremme (accusative genitive plural)
hardwaremme (genitive singular)
hardwarejemme (genitive plural)
hardwareimme (genitive plural rare)
hardwareamme (partitive singular)
hardwarejamme (partitive plural)
hardwaressamme (inessive singular)
hardwareissamme (inessive plural)
hardwarestamme (elative singular)
hardwareistamme (elative plural)
hardwareemme (illative singular)
hardwareihimme (illative plural)
hardwarellamme (adessive singular)
hardwareillamme (adessive plural)
hardwareltamme (ablative singular)
hardwareiltamme (ablative plural)
hardwarellemme (allative singular)
hardwareillemme (allative plural)
hardwarenamme (essive singular)
hardwareinamme (essive plural)
hardwareksemme (singular translative)
hardwareiksemme (plural translative)
hardwarettamme (abessive singular)
hardwareittamme (abessive plural)
hardwareinemme (comitative plural)
hardwarenne (nominative singular)
hardwarenne (nominative plural)
hardwarenne (accusative nominative singular)
hardwarenne (accusative nominative plural)
hardwarenne (accusative genitive singular)
hardwarenne (accusative genitive plural)
hardwarenne (genitive singular)
hardwarejenne (genitive plural)
hardwareinne (genitive plural rare)
hardwareanne (partitive singular)
hardwarejanne (partitive plural)
hardwaressanne (inessive singular)
hardwareissanne (inessive plural)
hardwarestanne (elative singular)
hardwareistanne (elative plural)
hardwareenne (illative singular)
hardwareihinne (illative plural)
hardwarellanne (adessive singular)
hardwareillanne (adessive plural)
hardwareltanne (ablative singular)
hardwareiltanne (ablative plural)
hardwarellenne (allative singular)
hardwareillenne (allative plural)
hardwarenanne (essive singular)
hardwareinanne (essive plural)
hardwareksenne (singular translative)
hardwareiksenne (plural translative)
hardwarettanne (abessive singular)
hardwareittanne (abessive plural)
hardwareinenne (comitative plural)
hardwarensa (nominative singular)
hardwarensa (nominative plural)
hardwarensa (accusative nominative singular)
hardwarensa (accusative nominative plural)
hardwarensa (accusative genitive singular)
hardwarensa (accusative genitive plural)
hardwarensa (genitive singular)
hardwarejensa (genitive plural)
hardwareinsa (genitive plural rare)
hardwareaan (partitive singular)
hardwareansa (partitive singular)
hardwarejaan (partitive plural)
hardwarejansa (partitive plural)
hardwaressaan (inessive singular)
hardwaressansa (inessive singular)
hardwareissaan (inessive plural)
hardwareissansa (inessive plural)
hardwarestaan (elative singular)
hardwarestansa (elative singular)
hardwareistaan (elative plural)
hardwareistansa (elative plural)
hardwareensa (illative singular)
hardwareihinsa (illative plural)
hardwarellaan (adessive singular)
hardwarellansa (adessive singular)
hardwareillaan (adessive plural)
hardwareillansa (adessive plural)
hardwareltaan (ablative singular)
hardwareltansa (ablative singular)
hardwareiltaan (ablative plural)
hardwareiltansa (ablative plural)
hardwarelleen (allative singular)
hardwarellensa (allative singular)
hardwareilleen (allative plural)
hardwareillensa (allative plural)
hardwarenaan (essive singular)
hardwarenansa (essive singular)
hardwareinaan (essive plural)
hardwareinansa (essive plural)
hardwarekseen (singular translative)
hardwareksensa (singular translative)
hardwareikseen (plural translative)
hardwareiksensa (plural translative)
hardwarettaan (abessive singular)
hardwarettansa (abessive singular)
hardwareittaan (abessive plural)
hardwareittansa (abessive plural)
hardwareineen (comitative plural)
hardwareinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈhɑ̝ːdwe̞ø̞]


hardware

Coordinate term: software

(computer hardware) hardware (material part of a computer)

hardware (nominative singular)
hardware'u (genitive singular)
hardware'owi (dative singular)
hardware (accusative singular)
hardware'em (instrumental singular)
hardwarze (locative singular)
hardwarze (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.


hardware

Coordinate term: software

(computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)

[ɐɾ.ðuˈɛ.ɾi]


hardware

hardware (accusative indefinite nominative)
hardwareul (accusative definite nominative)
hardware (indefinite)
hardwareului (definite)
hardwareule (vocative)