hardware, n.Definitions

Hardware is the parts of a computer system that can be kicked.

Hardware is the parts of a computer that can be kicked.

Hardware is contrasted with software such that those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer are called 'hardware'... those program instructions that you can only curse at are called software.

Hardware is where the people in your company's software section will tell you the problem is. Software: where the people in your company's hardware section will tell you the problem is.