hardware

Noun

Meaning

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

equipment gear machinery apparatus metalwork ironware supplies instruments devices tools appliances utensils computer hardware implements fixtures
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Antonyms

software earth ware country forest flora
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Hypernyms

element arms component constituent instrumentation munition

Hyponyms

CPU memory file driver mouse knife

Phrases with the word

computer hardware design hardware design hardware component hardware dealer hardware bus hardware node

Anagrams

hardwear

Examples

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. Alan Kay

People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird. Donald Knuth

I went to the hardware store to buy some batteries, but they weren't included, so I had to buy them again. Steven Wright

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software. Arthur C. Clarke

Fairness is a concept that holds only in limited situations. Yet we want the concept to extend to everything, in and out of phase. From snails to hardware stores to married life. Maybe no one finds it, or even misses it, but fairness is like love. What is given has nothing to do with what we seek. Haruki Murakami

I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs. Robert B. Laughlin

Close letter words and terms

hardveld hardveldt hardwall hardware acceleration hardware board hardware bus