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.

A merchant that sells tools, fasteners, and similar objects known collectively as hardware, as well as related sundries used in construction and repair.

plural of hardware cloth

(uncountable) A flexible wire-mesh material, consisting of loosely woven wires in a simple rectangular grid.

plural of hardware store

traumatic reticuloperitonitis in cattle, birds. etc. that ingest a metallic object

(computing) Usage of dedicated hardware to perform a task, rather than relying on equivalent software, as it will be more performant.

(computing) Done using hardware acceleration.

plural of hardware description language

(electronics) Any language from a class of computer, modeling, or specification languages for formal description and design of analogue or digital logic electronic circuits.