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3 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hardware n 1: major items of military equipment (as tanks or missile) 2: artifacts (tools or implements) made of metal [syn: {ironware}] 3: the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical, devices making up a computer system [syn: {computer hardware}] [ant: {software}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: hardwareThe physical, touchable, material parts of a 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)
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