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Business Definition for: Hardware

  • the physical components of a computer system, such as the processor, keyboard, and monitor. "Software" is the name given to operating systems and applications.

Wiktionary Definition for: Hardware

  • Metal implements.
  • Firearm.
  • Electronic equipment.
  • The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
  • fixture Fixtures, equipment, tool tools and device 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.
  • Ex:He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted '''hardware''', so he went to the hardware store.

Additional Resources

Hardware Enterprises signs with Ace Hardware
Hardware Enterprises, a Mexican wholesale hardware company that also owns a growing chain of 36 retail hardware stores, signed up with Ace Hardware during the last week of April, said Ruben Zaga, a Hardware Enterprises executive.
Tags: Ace Hardware, hardware
Research articles 1999-05-24
Ace Hardware: visit one of our 300+ commercial & industrial supply stores. (Profiles In Manufacturing 2002).
Cook & Sons Ace Hardware, Inc., Albertville ...
Tags: Ace Hardware, Computer Associates International Inc., hardware, manufacturing
Research articles 2001-11-01
Closing the Door to Trouble
Despite the importance of door hardware, few people pay attention to that topic in building construction and renovation projects. Door hardware represents a small fraction of the overall project cost. Therefore, many facility executives simply use what they have used in the past with no consideration of differences between the...
Tags: Article, Hardware, Door Hardware
White papers 2003-10-01
Ace creates Mexican strategic alliance.(Wholesaling news: the year in review)(Ace Hardware plans alliance with Hardware Enterprises de Mexico )(Brief Article)
(Aug. 2003) Ace Hardware signed a letter of intent with Hardware Enterprises de Mexico to establish a strategic alliance in the ... (Aug. 2003) Ace Hardware signed a letter of intent with Hardware Enterprises de Mexico to establish a strategic alliance in the Mexican hardware market....
Tags: Ace Hardware, alliance, hardware, strategic alliance
Research articles 2003-11-01
Ace Hardware: Visit One of Our 300+ Commercial & Industrial Supply Stores.(Directory)
Cook & Sons Ace Hardware, Inc, Albertville AL Weather's Ace Hardware***, Boaz...
Tags: Ace Hardware, hardware
Research articles 2001-06-01
Can hardware EEs find homes in software? Yes, say experts. Begin with writing code on your own. (Career News) (includes related articles on a new videotaped graduate program from Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute and stepping stones between
Can hardware EEs find homes in software? If you're a hardware designer, chances are you know your industry is changing dramatically. Everywhere you look, it seems, jobs for hardware designers are being eclipsed by positions for software developers w Can hardware EEs find homes in...
Tags: career, Carnegie-Mellon University, hardware, software, Software Engineering Institute
Research articles 1990-06-14
Ace teams up with member to buy additional stores.(Ace Hardware Corp. in joint venture with Rocky's Ace Hardware)(Brief Article)
Ace Hardware Corp. is entering into a joint venture with Rocky's Ace Hardware to open as many as 14 store locations in the Northeast that had been formerly operating as part of the ACO Hardware/NHD chain. Rocky's Ace Hardware and Ace will take posse Ace...
Tags: Ace Hardware, team
Research articles 1998-11-01
High-end housewares and hardware: Tags Hardware, Cambridge, MA.(SPECIAL DISTRIBUTOR PROFILE: ACE HARDWARE)
Tags Hardware has been serving the residents of Cambridge, Mass., for 50 years and while the store does stock a ton of hardware, its first impression on new shoppers is that it carries a lot more. Tags Hardware has been serving the residents of Cambridge,...
Tags: Ace Hardware, hardware, houseware
Research articles 2005-05-01
JDA signs regional hardware chain; Westlake ACE Hardware licenses MMS
PHOENIX--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 1997--JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ:JDAS), a leading provider of retail information systems, announced that Lenexa, Kansas-based Westlake Hardware Inc., one of the nation's leading retail hardware chains, licensed JDA's Merchandise Management System (MMSTM).
Tags: Ace Hardware, hardware, MMS
Research articles 1997-03-13
Microsoft in hardware push - Company Business and Marketing
New York--The world's biggest software company is getting serious about developing more hardware products. Already holding much sway in personal computer design, Microsoft has assembled a larger hardware development group and picked a new turnkey contract manufacturer, Flextronics International.
Tags: hardware, marketing, Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 1995-12-18
Sears strengthens hardware position - Sears, Roebuck & Co
CHICAGO -- Despite showing its "softer side" to women customers, Sears Roebuck & Co. has no intention of abandoning its hardware roots, chairman and ceo Arthur Martinez vowed during the keynote address he gave at the National Hardware Show last month.
Tags: hardware, Sears Roebuck & Co.
Research articles 1996-09-02
Microsoft, Intel bond deepens - the companies co-develop the PC '98 Hardware Design for PC multimedia applications - Company Business and Marketing
San Francisco--Intel will assume an expanded role at this year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC, which opens here tomorrow, joining Microsoft as co-author of the industry's PC '98 Hardware Design guidelines and in disseminating future Windows hardware platform requirements.
Tags: bond, hardware, Intel Corp., marketing, Microsoft Corp., multimedia, PC
Research articles 1997-04-07
The old college try: Smith's Ace Hardware, Princeton, NJ.(SPECIAL DISTRIBUTOR PROFILE: ACE HARDWARE)
George Smith's family has been in the hardware business for more than 60 years, beginning with Yardville Supply Co.--which sells ready-mix concrete, hardware and LBM to area pros--and more recently with Mercer Ace Hardware and now Smith's Ace Hardwar George Smith's family has been in the...
Tags: Ace Hardware, hardware
Research articles 2005-05-01
Sample Hardware Engineer Resume
This sample hardware engineer resume will give you a quickstart on building an effective and optimized resume for your job application. Users can feel free to customize and edit this sample hardware engineer resume as per their requirement for job application. This sample hardware engineer resume will go a long...
Tags: Job, Hardware, Best Sample Resume, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Sears puts the 'hardware' back in its Hardware stores
Its largest outlet includes first attached nursery
Tags: hardware, Sears Roebuck & Co.
Research articles 2000-08-07
PriceGrabber Partners with Tom's Hardware Guide to Provide Online Comparison Shopping Services To Hardware Technology Enthusiasts
LOS ANGELES -- PriceGrabber's Online Shopping Functionality and Exclusive Features Aid Tom's Hardware Guide's Consumers and Editors to Shop Online and Access Market Data
Tags: hardware
Research articles 2005-06-28
Cray to Buy Octigabay for $115 Million
HARDWAREHARDWARE
Research articles 2004-04-01
Ace Hardware - A new marketing and advertising strategy - Brief Article
A new marketing and advertising strategy for Ace Hardware kicked off last month, focusing on projects revolving around consumer life stages such as buying a first home and enlarging living spaces. A change from the hardware cooperative's past 40 years of advertising, this new campaign targets a broader audience and...
Tags: Ace Hardware, advertisement, marketing, strategy
Research articles 2001-03-05
Corel Corporation and Hardware Canada Computing Close Deal; Corel Exchanges Its Corel Computer NetWindertm Division for a 25 Percent Equity Stake in Hardware Canada Computing
OTTAWA--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 18, 1999--COREL (Nasdaq:COSFF) (TSE:COS.) Corel Corporation and Hardware Canada Computing HCC today announced the completion of an agreement to transfer Corel's NetWindertm business to Hardware Canada Computing.
Tags: Corel Corp., equity, hardware
Research articles 1999-02-18
ABC Hardware and Rental; the 'Kid' makes a breakthrough. (Brett Begley) (Retail Highlights)
ABC Hardware and Rental ABC Hardware and Rental
Tags: ABC Inc., hardware
Research articles 1991-08-01
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