hardware

hardware

See also: Hardware

English

Etymology

From hard +‎ -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːdˌwɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

hardware (uncountable)

1. 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. (informal) Equipment.

   military hardware

   • 2003 June 6, “Mission to Mars”, in CBS_Rather:

     BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.

   • 2009 May, Lee S. Langston, “plowing new ground.”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 131, number 5, page 40:

     It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.

   • 2011 January, “Swedish Sportster”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 188, number 1, page 27:

     Smaller, turbocharged engines are one way to increase engine efficiency by 8 to 10 percent, but the extra hardware is expensive.

3. (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
   • 1952, R.L. Michaelson, “Binary Arithmetic”, in The Incorporated Statistician, volume 3, number 1 (Feb. 1952), pages 35–40:

     Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.

4. (technology) Electronic equipment.
5. Metal implements.

   The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.

6. (slang) A firearm.
7. (slang) Medals or trophies.
8. (Philippines) Short for hardware store.

Related terms

• hardware store
• software
• vaporware

 

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሃርድዌር (hardəwer)

Translations

fixtures, equipment, tools and devices

Bulgarian: железари́я f (železaríja) Catalan: ferreteria (ca) f, ferramenta (ca) f Danish: isenkram n Finnish: rakennustarvikkeet pl Galician: ferramentas (gl) f pl, ferramenta (gl) f German: Eisenwaren (de) f pl Greek: δομικά υλικά n pl (domiká yliká) Hungarian: barkácsáru, szerszámáru, iparáru, iparcikk (hu) Italian: ferramenta (it) f Latvian: aparatūra ? Lithuanian: aparatūra ? Norwegian: Bokmål: jernvare m or f Nynorsk: jarnvare f, jernvare f Plautdietsch: Iesawoakj n Polish: artykuły żelazne n pl Portuguese: equipamento (pt) m Romanian: echipament (ro) n, componente fizice f pl, componente materiale f pl Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: скло̏по̄вље n, чврстовље ?, тврдовље ?, стројевина ?, тврдотворина ? Roman: sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, čvrstovlje ?, tvrdovlje ?, strojevina ?, tvrdotvorina ? Turkish: hırdavat (tr) Ukrainian: апарату́ра (uk) (aparatúra), те́хніка (téxnika), прила́ддя (pryláddja) Welsh: caledwedd f

equipment

Azerbaijani: avadanlıq (az) Bulgarian: обору́дване (bg) n (oborúdvane) Danish: udstyr n Finnish: kalusto (fi) Galician: equipamento (gl) m Hungarian: felszerelés (hu), berendezés (hu), eszközök (hu) pl Indonesian: peralatan (id), perlengkapan (id) Javanese: peralatan (jv) Malay: peralatan (ms), kelengkapan Norwegian: utstyr n Polish: sprzęt (pl) m, artykuły żelazne n pl Russian: оборудование (ru) n (oborudovanije) Ukrainian: обла́днання (obládnannja), те́хніка (téxnika)

material part of a computer

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: aparat təminatı pl, avadanlıq (az) sg Belarusian: апаратнае забеспячэнне n (aparatnaje zabjespjačennje), абсталяванне n (abstaljavannje) Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার (bn) (hardoêr) Bulgarian: ха́рдуер (bg) m (hárduer) Catalan: maquinari (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 硬件 (ngaang6 gin6-2) Mandarin: 硬件 (zh) (yìngjiàn) (mainland China), 硬體／硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ) (Taiwan), 硬設備／硬设备 (yìngshèbèi) (mainland China) Min Nan: 硬體 (zh-min-nan), 硬体 (ngē-thé, ngī-thé) Czech: hardware (cs) m Danish: hardware (da) c Dutch: hardware (nl) m Esperanto: aparataro Finnish: laitteisto (fi), hardware (fi); (slang) rauta (fi), hardis French: matériel (fr) m Galician: hardware (gl) m, soporte físico German: Hardware (de) f Greek: υλισμικό (el) n (ylismikó) Hindi: हार्डवेयर m (hārḍaveyar) Hungarian: hardver (hu) Ido: hardwaro (io), aparataro Indonesian: perangkat keras (id), peranti keras, peralatan (id) Irish: crua-earraí m pl Italian: hardware (it) m Japanese: ハードウェア (ja) (hādowea), ハード (ja) (hādo) Javanese: ꦥꦶꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ ꦏꦱꦂ (piranti kasar) Korean: 하드웨어 (ko) (hadeuweeo), 굳은모 (gudeunmo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hişkalav (ku) Latvian: aparatūra Lithuanian: aparatūra, techninė įranga (lt), aparatinė įranga Malay: perkakasan (ms) Maltese: ħardwer m Maori: pūmārō Norwegian: Bokmål: maskinvare m or f Nynorsk: maskinvare f Norman: hardware m Persian: سخت‌افزار‎ (fa) (sakht-afzâr) Polish: sprzęt (pl) m, hardware (pl) m Portuguese: hardware (pt) m Romanian: hardware (ro) n, aparatură (ro) f, aparataj (ro) n Russian: аппарату́ра (ru) f (apparatúra), хардве́р (ru) m (xardvér), аппара́тное обеспече́ние (ru) n (apparátnoje obespečénije), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije) Scottish Gaelic: bathar-cruaidh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: чврстовље ?, тврдовље ?, стројевина ?, тврдотворина ?, скло̏по̄вље n, ха̏рдве̄р m, рачунална склоповска подршка f, стројна опрема f Roman: čvrstovlje ?, tvrdovlje ?, strojevina ?, tvrdotvorina ?, sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, hȁrdvēr (sh) m, računalna sklopovska podrška f, strojna oprema f Spanish: hardware (es) m, soporte físico m Swahili: maunzi ngumu Swedish: hårdvara (sv) c, maskinvara (sv) c Thai: ฮาร์ดแวร์ (th) (háat-wɛɛ) Turkish: donanım (tr) Turkmen: apparat üpjünçiligi Ukrainian: апаратне забезпечення (aparatne zabezpečennja), апара́тне забезпе́чення (aparátne zabezpéčennja) Uzbek: apparat ta'minot Vietnamese: cương liệu (vi), phần cứng (vi), phần máy Welsh: caledwedd f

electronic equipment

Bengali: হার্ডওয়্যার (bn) (hardoêr) Chinese: Cantonese: 硬件 (ngaang6 gin6-2) Mandarin: 硬件 (zh) (yìngjiàn) (mainland China), 硬體／硬体 (zh) (yìngtǐ) (Taiwan) Min Nan: 硬體 (zh-min-nan), 硬体 (ngē-thé, ngī-thé) Czech: hardware (cs) m Danish: maskinel n, hardware (da) n Finnish: laitteisto (fi), elektroniikka (fi) Greek: ηλεκτρονικός εξοπλισμός m (ilektronikós exoplismós) Polish: sprzęt (pl) m Romanian: hardware (ro) n, aparatură (ro) f Russian: аппарату́ра (ru) f (apparatúra), хардве́р (ru) m (xardvér), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: скло̏по̄вље n, ха̏рдве̄р m Roman: sklȍpōvlje (sh) n, hȁrdvēr (sh) m Sindhi: ڳڻپيوگري‎ (sd) Turkish: donanım (tr) Ukrainian: обла́днання (obládnannja), апара́тне забезпе́чення (aparátne zabezpéčennja)

metal implements

Bulgarian: железари́я f (železaríja) Czech: (please verify) železářské zboží n Danish: udstyr n Finnish: rautatavara French: quincaillerie (fr) f Galician: quincalla f (pejorative), ferralla (gl) f (pejorative) Greek: σιδηρικά n pl (sidiriká), είδη κιγκαλερίας n pl (eídi kigkalerías) Hungarian: vasáru (hu), fémáru Manx: yiarnrey Polish: artykuły metalowe pl Portuguese: ferragens f pl Romagnol: ferâm m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: жељеза̀рија f Roman: željezàrija (sh) f Sindhi: سامگري‎ (sāmagarī) Spanish: fierros (es) m pl Ukrainian: метале́ве знаря́ддя (metaléve znarjáddja)

slang: firearm

Czech: zbraň (cs) f Danish: skydevåben (da) n Finnish: tykki (fi) French: arme à feu (fr) f Greek: σιδερικό (el) n (siderikó) Spanish: arma de fuego (es) f Ukrainian: вогнепа́льна збро́я (vohnepálʹna zbrója)

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Translations to be checked

Korean: (please verify) 기계설비 (gigyeseolbi) Turkish: (please verify) donanım (tr)

Further reading

• hardware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

English hardware

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːdweø/, [ˈhɑːdwe̞ø̞]

Noun

hardware

1. (anglicism, computing, electronics) hardware (physical equipment, as opposed to software)

Declension

Inflection of hardware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		hardware	hardwaret
genitive		hardwaren	hardwarejen
partitive		hardwarea	hardwareja
illative		hardwareen	hardwareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hardware	hardwaret
accusative	nom.	hardware	hardwaret
	gen.	hardwaren
genitive		hardwaren	hardwarejen hardwareinrare
partitive		hardwarea	hardwareja
inessive		hardwaressa	hardwareissa
elative		hardwaresta	hardwareista
illative		hardwareen	hardwareihin
adessive		hardwarella	hardwareilla
ablative		hardwarelta	hardwareilta
allative		hardwarelle	hardwareille
essive		hardwarena	hardwareina
translative		hardwareksi	hardwareiksi
instructive		—	hardwarein
abessive		hardwaretta	hardwareitta
comitative		—	hardwareineen

Possessive forms of hardware (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hardwareni	hardwaremme
2nd person	hardwaresi	hardwarenne
3rd person	hardwarensa

Synonyms

• laitteet, laitteisto
• hardis (slang)

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French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.dwɛʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

   Synonym: matériel

Further reading

• “hardware”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey, computing) hardware

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Noun

hardware n (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

Declension

declension of hardware (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hardware	hardwareul
genitive/dative	(unui) hardware	hardwareului
vocative	hardwareule

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hardware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾdweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ð̞weɾ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈxarweɾ/ [ˈxa.rweɾ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾɡweɾ/ [ˈxaɾ.ɣ̞weɾ]

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “hardware”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014