Definition of "hardware" []

• Metal goods and utensils such as locks, tools, and cutlery. (noun)
• Computer Science A computer and the associated physical equipment directly involved in the performance of data-processing or communications functions. (noun)
• Machines and other physical equipment directly involved in performing an industrial, technological, or military function. (noun)
• Informal Weapons, especially military weapons. (noun)

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• "The option to run on * new* native hardware, hardware that does video overlays, that can support video decoding * in hardware* (remind me how good does a RISC PC or A9 do that?)."
• "But it doesn't work out of the box on any hardware - it works out of the box * on mac hardware*."
• "At end end of the day, i figured $13k To do it in hardware is a lot cheaper then using NLB and having to worry about storing hundreds of thousands of conncurrent connections."