Definition[]
Hardware refers to
| “ | computers and their components. It includes microprocessors, memory, storage media, displays, personal computers, servers, embedded devices, and supercomputers, and also includes communications channels and equipment for both wired and wireless networks.[1] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World An Assessment of the Federal Networking and Information Technology R&D Program (Aug. 2007) (full-text).
See also[]
- Computer chip
- Digital device
- Graphics hardware
- Graphics processing unit
- Hardware-as-a-Service
- Charge-coupled device
- Computer architecture
- Control unit
- Digital circuit
- Electronic component
- Electronic device
- Electronic network
- Firmware
- Hardware compatibility
- Hardware driver
- Hardware failure
- Hardware firewall
- Hardware manufacturer
- Hardware monitor
- Hardware platform
- Hardware security module
- Hardware token
- Hardwired
- Integrated circuit
- Joystick
- Laptop
- Logic circuit
- Network component
- Network interface unit
- Open architecture
- Physical device
- Plug and play
- Programmable logic controller
- Secure hardware browser
- Smart device
- Solid-state
- System component
- Tamper-evident hardware