hardware has definitions from the fields of computer science,military,arms
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[ noun ] (military,arms) major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)

Used in print

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

In_fact the accumulation of the hardware of destruction is day_by_day increasing our fear of each other .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

Let 's throw a_little nuclear hardware at them and show them who 's boss '' .

`` Throw a_little nuclear hardware at them !

Related terms

weaponry military

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[ noun ] instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal

Synonyms

ironware

Related terms

instrumentality

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[ noun ] (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
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