hardware

noun8

1. •
   Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, 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. •
   Equipment.

   • 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. — 2003
3. •
   The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.

   • Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer. — 1952
4. •
   Electronic equipment.
5. •
   (slang) A firearm.
6. •
   Metal implements.

   • The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
7. •
   (slang) Medals or trophies.
8. •
   (Philippines) Ellipsis of hardware store.