hardware costs
Physical system spending
Hardware costs are the expenses associated with physical equipment—computers, servers, networking gear, machinery, or other tangible assets.
The term appears most often in technology and business contexts, where it contrasts with software costs or labor costs: Hardware costs have dropped while software licensing fees keep rising.
In budgeting, hardware costs may include purchase price, installation, maintenance, and eventual replacement.
- budgetPlan for spending
- price tagDisplayed cost marker
- sticker shockDistress from unexpected expense
- serversMachines providing network resources
- server farmFacility housing networked computers
bare metal · infrastructure · depreciation · procurement · equipment · Moore's law · components · chips · processors · memory · storage · rack · cooling systems · datacenter · maintenance · upgrade · replacement · capital
hardware costssoftware licensing
Authorization to use programs
licensing fees · digital services · software maintenance · subscription costs · subscription fees
hardware costsoperating expenses
Routine business costs
service fees · maintenance costs · subscription fees · variable costs
hardware costslabor costs
Payment for work performed
personnel costs · professional services · consulting fees · training costs
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