computer hardware
Tangible machine parts
Computer hardware is the physical components of a computer system—the parts you can touch.
This includes processors, memory chips, hard drives, monitors, keyboards, and cables.
Hardware contrasts with software, which is the programs and data that run on it.
The tech replaced some faulty hardware.
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
- tape driveMagnetic strip reader/writer
- ASICSingle-purpose microchip
- integrated circuitsMiniaturized electronic components on semiconductor
RAM · chipset · ALU · cache memory · solid state drive · CPU · semiconductors · central processing unit · instruction set · logic gates · ports · plug and play · heat sink · embedded systems · modem · graphics card · expansion slots · slots
- equipmentconstruction equipment, medical equipment, industrial equipment, office equipment, farm equipment
- tech industrysoftware, semiconductors, Amazon, Google, programming
- technologyelectronics, computing, internet, social media, smartphone
- manufacturingfactories, factory, car factory, assembly plants, electronics factory
computer hardwaresoftware
Programs directing computer operations
programs · applications · code · operating system · apps
computer hardwareabacus
Bead-and-wire arithmetic tool
slide rule · pen and paper · manual tools · clockwork mechanisms
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