computer hardware

Questions about computer hardware

What does computer hardware mean?

computer hardware means "(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system".

What is another word for computer hardware?

Close synonyms include hardware. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is computer hardware a common word?

computer hardware is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.