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Hardware - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hardware : (noun)
1: major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
2: instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal [syn:
ironware]
3: (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and
electrical components making up a computer system [syn: computer
hardware] [ant: software]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hardware : \Hard"ware`\, n.
Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the
like; ironmongery.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hardware :
The physical, touchable, material parts of a
computer or other system. The term is used to distinguish
these fixed parts of a system from the more changable
software or data components which it executes, stores, or
carries.
Computer hardware typically consists chiefly of electronic
devices ({CPU, memory, display) with some
electromechanical parts (keyboard, printer, disk drives,
tape drives, loudspeakers) for input, output, and storage,
though completely non-electronic (mechanical,
electromechanical, hydraulic, biological) computers have also
been conceived of and built.
See also firmware, wetware.
(1997-01-23)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Hardware |
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