hardware

/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ sustantivo B2

En español: hardware, soporte físico, hárdwer, fierros

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store. (uncountable) · He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
Equipment. (informal, uncountable) · military hardware
The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. (uncountable)
Electronic equipment. (uncountable)
Metal implements. (uncountable) · The designers have put their logo on the hardware of this bag here.
A firearm. (slang, uncountable)
Medals or trophies. (slang, uncountable)

De la biblioteca

In the doorway of a darkened hardware store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 21 · C1

And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment, uncertain almost to absurdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 24 · C1

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