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HARDWARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
Synonyms:
computer hardware; hardware
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hardware" is a kind of...):
component; constituent; element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hardware"):
C.P.U.; central processing unit; central processor; CPU; mainframe; processor ((computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing)
computer memory; computer storage; memory; memory board; storage; store (an electronic memory device)
scheduler (computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order)
sequencer (computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence)
upgrade (hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did)
Holonyms ("hardware" is a part of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Antonym:
software ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hardware" is a kind of...):
arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system (weapons considered collectively)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
Synonyms:
hardware; ironware
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hardware" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Context examples:
The low-level software which handles the interface to peripheral hardware, schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user when no application program is running.
(Operating System, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the acquisition of computer programming codes that can replicate and spread from one computer system to another thereby leading to damaged software, hardware and data.
(Application Security Issue Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
Either a program that controls a display for the user and that allows the user to interact with the system or a computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another.
(Interface Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the machinery operating system, a collection of software, firmware, and hardware elements that control the execution of computer programs and provides such services as computer resource allocation, job control, input/output control, and file management in a computer system.
(Computer Operating System Problem Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)
The Computer Service Shared Resource provides Cancer Center members with the technical support related to computer issues: desktop computer assistance, upgrades, hardware and software related problems, problems maintenance of file/mail/Internet servers, security and backup systems, computer purchase assistance, network topology, operations management, data base administration, Web site development.
(Computer Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
I want you to take it home with you, and to mark off all the hardware sellers, with their addresses.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Carraways are something of a clan and we have a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line was my grandfather's brother who came here in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
