Hardware may refer to:
- Household hardware, equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing, tools, utensils, and machine parts, typically sold in hardware stores
- Hardware store, a business which sells household hardware
- Builders' hardware, for doors, cabinets, windows, bathrooms, etc.
- Drum hardware, the parts of a drum or drum kit that are used to tension, position, and otherwise support the instruments themselves
- Music hardware, mechanical or electronic devices, other than instruments, constructed to create or aid in the creation of musical sounds
or:
- Personal computer hardware, the component devices of a personal computer
- Computer hardware, the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system
- Graphics hardware, computer hardware that enables computers to produce and show computer graphics
- Networking hardware, devices facilitating the use of a computer network
- Open-source hardware, physical artifacts of technology designed and offered in the same manner as free and open source software
- Electronic hardware, interconnected electronic components
- Electronic component, a basic electronic element
- Digital electronics, the hardware used by digital computer systems that can be controlled by software
- Hardware architecture, the identification of a system's physical components and their interrelationships
- Hardware logic, a differentiation of data processing circuitry from other more generalized eleconic circuitry
or:
- Hardware (album), a studio album by the heavy metal band Krokus
- Hardware (band), a supergroup consisting of Bootsy Collins, Buddy Miles, and Stevie Salas
- Hardware (comics), a character from Milestone Comics
- Hardware (development cooperation), one aspect of technology transfer
- Hardware (film), a 1990 film
- Hardware (TV series), a British situation comedy
- Hardware, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, in the U.S. state of Virginia
another name or slang for:
- Military technology
- Medals
- Trophies
Famous quotes containing the word hardware:
“A friend of mine spoke of books that are dedicated like this: To my wife, by whose helpful criticism ... and so on. He said the dedication should really read: To my wife. If it had not been for her continual criticism and persistent nagging doubt as to my ability, this book would have appeared in Harpers instead of The Hardware Age.”
—Brenda Ueland (18911985)