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hardware

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools and 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.

He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.
Origin: From ; equivalent to ; attested since the mid-15th century. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(informal) Equipment.

BOWEN: The monster trucks of Mars rovers, joke scientists, equipped with an array of sophisticated hardware to look for signs of water and answer scientists questions.
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  • “I honestly feel that there needs to be more said about the rebelle IO since there is no tutorials introducing how to use it ✍🏼 I’m willing to make a video on it once I have my hardware running correctly, but it would be great to hear what else you want to talk about too 📚💻🎮”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Really, for every exec, the answer is simple: If you replace an engineer whose salary is $150k with $200k worth of hardware and oversight, your team is not moving as far ahead as you think you are. Does this sound like your organization? Maybe I can offer some advice.👇”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Who else saw this one coming? 👀 This is a reality check that every organization needs to have. And who better to listen to than the people selling the hardware that we're all racing to get our hands on.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Yanis Le Fur, Ethan Egger, Hong-Ye Hu, Vincent Russo, William J. Zeng, Ryan LaRose: Opportunities and challenges in scaling quantum error detection on hardware https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02861 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02861 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02861”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Additionally, Germany had decided to develop its own soft- and hardware solutions (certain satellite systems, comms, deployable C2 infrastructure, and so on) to have a European strike planning infrastructure instead of procuring such systems from the USA. 5/6”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.

It is one thing to see an intercooler as a simple entry in a textbook, but to witness the actual hardware as it crawled down the road was awe-inspiring.
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  • “A new Apache 2.0 Arabic-Spanish NMT model specifically targets Huawei's Ascend NPUs for efficiency. However, verifiable performance benchmarks on Ascend hardware are notably absent. It's a tough sell for Ascend adopters if the touted NPU gains lack empirical evidence.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “@ianRobinson Don't forget that you can buy a hardware keyboard for the same price as an iPad.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This tweet appeared under this Techmeme headline: Pedro Domingos / @pmddomingos: Vaporware used to be software, but now it's hardware as well.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This tweet appeared under this Techmeme headline: @wiimee: Every single piece of code can put your crypto funds at risk if you are still relying on a software wallet to keep your keys safe in 2026. Get a freaking hardware wallet or a dedicated device for crypto!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “MiniCPM3-4B matches 8-10B models for reasoning at just 4B, plus an Apache-2.0 licence. Peak performance hinges on deep Ascend integration, potentially limiting appeal. Hard to see practitioners adopting it over 7B models without proof of efficiency on generic edge hardware.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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