hardware

Definitions

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