English Dictionary: hardware | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for hardware | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hardware \Hard"ware`\, n. Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
hardware 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) |