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Hardware may refer to:

• Computer hardware, physical parts of a computer
• Digital electronics, electronics that operate on digital signals
• Electronic component, device in an electronic system used to affect electrons, usually industrial products
• Electronic hardware, interconnected electronic components which perform analog or logic operations
• Networking hardware, networking devices that enable use of a computer network
• Hardware acceleration, the speedup of computing tasks by performing them in customized hardware rather than software

• Household hardware, equipment used for home repair and other work, such as fasteners, wire, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, utensils, and machine parts
  • Builders hardware, metal hardware for building fixtures, such as hinges and latches

• Hardware architecture, the identification of a system's physical components and their interrelationships
• Hardware engineering, or computer engineering
• Hardware store, a business which sells household hardware
• Materiel, equipment or hardware, and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management