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hardware

 noun
     
Related topics: Household, Gardening, Technology, Computers
hard‧ware [uncountable]
1TDTD computer machinery and equipment, as opposed to the programs that make computers work ➔ software
2DHDLG equipment and tools for your home and garden
3T the machinery and equipment that is needed to do something:
tanks and other military hardware
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