| hardware | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store. | |
| 2. n. (informal) Equipment. | |
| military hardware | |
| 3. n. (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. n. (technology) Electronic equipment. | |
| 5. n. Metal implements. | |
| 6. n. (slang) A firearm. | |
