| hardware The physical, touchable, material parts of a computer or other system. The term is used to distinguish these fixed parts of a system from the more changable or components which it executes, stores, or carries. Computer hardware typically consists chiefly of electronic devices (, , ) with some electromechanical parts (keyboard, , , , loudspeakers) for input, output, and storage, though completely non-electronic (mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, biological) computers have also been conceived of and built. See also , . (1997-01-23) |
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