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How to pronounce hardware
Say it like this: /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does hardware mean?
nounFixtures, 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. har
“He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.”
Equipment.
“military hardware”
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.”
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