BNET Business Dictionary
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
- Woolworths Tips Good Hardware Earnings
- Supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd says its expects its hardware venture to be profitable from the outset and that Australia is underserved in the large format hardware store sector. On Tuesday, Woolworths unveiled plans to move into the $24 billion Australian hardware market, throwing down the gauntlet to Bunnings-owner Wesfarmers Ltd....
- News items 2009-08-30
- 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...
- Research articles 1998-11-01
- Ace Hardware: visit one of our 300+ commercial & industrial supply stores. (Profiles In Manufacturing 2002).
- Cook & Sons Ace Hardware, Inc., Albertville ...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Ace Hardware: Visit One of Our 300+ Commercial & Industrial Supply Stores.(Directory)
- Cook & Sons Ace Hardware, Inc, Albertville AL Weather's Ace Hardware***, Boaz...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- Ace Hardware signs letter of intent with Hardware Enterprises de Mexico.(Newsmakers: reporting on the industry)(Brief Article)
- * Ace Hardware Corp. has struck a strategic alliance in the Mexican hardware market with Hardware Enterprises de Mexico, a wholly owned subsidiary of Commercial Mexicana de Pinturas COMEX, the largest paint manufacturer in Mexico. * Ace Hardware Corp. has struck a strategic alliance...
- Research articles 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....
- Research articles 2003-11-01
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Hardware Not Underserviced: Bunnings
- Wesfarmers Ltd's hardware arm, Bunnings, has refuted suggestions from rival Woolworths Ltd that there are areas of the hardware sector not being serviced.Bunnings' statement came after it said it was expanding into kitchen appliances.Bunnings managing director John Gillam told reporters on Monday that Woolworths Ltd was underestimating the Australian...
- News items 2009-10-26
- 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.
- Research articles 1999-05-24
- 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...
- Research articles 1990-06-14
- 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,...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Quality comes first. (Cook & Sons Ace Hardware) (Company Profile)
- Cook and Sons Ace Hardware owner Ray Osborne was raised and grew up in the hardware business. Years of experience has taught Osborne that quality is everything to the business. His store carries above-the-line hardware materials and his sales staff put coCook and Sons Ace Hardware owner Ray Osborne was...
- Research articles 1993-08-01
- Ace Hardware posts record income.(Late News)(Brief Article)
- ACE HARDWARE POSTS RECORD INCOME. Ace Hardware Corp. surpassed $100 million in net income for the first time in its history in 2003. The hardware retailing cooperative reported net income of $100.7 million, an increase of 22.7 percent over income of ACE HARDWARE POSTS RECORD...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Home Depot rolls out Villager's Hardware.
- Home Depot opened a hardware store, called Villager's Hardware, in East Brunswick, NJ. The store has a total floor area of 50,000 sq. ft. with an interior similar to that of a modern specialty retailer. Villager's Hardware brings back the era of bygone haHome Depot opened a hardware store, called...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
- SEARS CONVERTS 35 MORE UNITS TO APPLIANCE-HARDWARE STORES.(Brief Article)
- HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.- Sears continues to tinker with its retail format by adding appliances to its hardware stores. Success in a pilot program encouraged the chain to convert another 35 Sears Hardware Stores into Sears Appliance and Hardware outlets HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.- Sears continues to tinker...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- Sears names division president. (Jerry T. Post, hardware stores division)(Brief Article)
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. named Jerry T. Post president of its hardware stores division, replacing Gary L. Crittenden. Sears said Post will have operating responsibility for 177 Sears hardware stores and ... Sears, Roebuck & Co. named Jerry T. Post president of its hardware stores division,...
- Research articles 1997-12-22
- Hardware store enjoys marriage of convenience. (McLeod-Feimster Ace Hardware)
- Taylorsville, NC-based McLeod-Feimster Ace Hardware is really a convenience store that sells, apart from auto supplies and the usual hardware items, ready-to-eat snacks. The store also runs eight fuel pumps on the premises and provides Federal Express andTaylorsville, NC-based McLeod-Feimster Ace Hardware is really a convenience store that sells, apart...
- Research articles 1996-04-01
- Response to growth. (National Retail Hardware Association president Bruce Johnson to open a new Johnson's Ace Hardware retail outlet)
- National Retail Hardware Assn. Pres. Bruce Johnson will open another Johnson's Ace Hardware store in 1998 in response to the changing do-it-yourself products' market. The retail business continues to be a family business with his father, W.A. Johnson, as National Retail Hardware Assn. Pres. Bruce Johnson will open another Johnson's...
- Research articles 1997-09-01
- HWI teams up with QVC to sell hardware on the Internet. (Hardware Wholesalers Inc.)
- Hardware Wholesalers Inc. HWI contracted the services of iQVC in Sep 1997 to sell its products via the Internet to reach markets even beyond the US. Through this partnership, the 4,000 to 5,000 hardware amd building materials products of HWI are exposedHardware Wholesalers Inc. HWI contracted the services of iQVC...
- Research articles 1998-03-01
- Q&A with Ray Griffith: president & CEO, Ace Hardware Corp.(SPECIAL DISTRIBUTOR PROFILE: ACE HARDWARE)(Interview)
- Last December, when Ace Hardware President and CEO David Hodnik officially announced his plans to retire from the hardware co-op on April 1, 2005, a logical successor was already in place. The company's board of directors quickly selected Executive V Last December, when Ace Hardware President...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
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