Hardware vs. Device

Hardwarenoun

Fixtures, equipment, 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.’;

Devicenoun

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

‘There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.’;

Hardwarenoun

(informal) Equipment.

‘military hardware’;

Devicenoun

(computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

Hardwarenoun

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

Devicenoun

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

Hardwarenoun

(technology) Electronic equipment.

Devicenoun

(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb

Hardwarenoun

Metal implements.

Devicenoun

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

Hardwarenoun

(slang) A firearm.

Devicenoun

(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

Hardwarenoun

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

Devicenoun

(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

Hardwarenoun

Any of the physical objects used in carrying out an activity, in contrast to the knowledge, skill, or theory required to perform the activity; mostly used collectively.

Devicenoun

(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

Hardwarenoun

The sum of all the physical objects, such as the electrical, mechanical, and electronic devices which comprise a computer system; as, the typical PC hardware suite consists of a mainboard and a number of peripherals such as hard drives and speakers, connected by adapter cards, but the input and output from users occurs mostly through the keyboard and monitor; contrasted with software, the programs executed by the computer.

Devicenoun

(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

Hardwarenoun

The weapons, transport, and other physical objects used in conducting a war.

Devicenoun

(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

Hardwarenoun

Weapons, especially handguns, carried on the person; as, check your hardware at the door before entering.

Devicenoun

(obsolete) Opinion; decision.

Hardwarenoun

major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)

Devicenoun

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

‘His device in against Babylon, to destroy it.’; ‘Their recent device of demanding benevolences.’; ‘He disappointeth the devices of the crafty.’;

Hardwarenoun

instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal

Devicenoun

Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

‘I must have instruments of my own device.’;

Hardwarenoun

(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system

Devicenoun

An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.

‘Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields.’; ‘A banner with this strange device -Excelsior.’;

Devicenoun

Anything fancifully conceived.

Devicenoun

A spectacle or show.

Devicenoun

Opinion; decision.

Devicenoun

any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.

Devicenoun

an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;

‘the device is small enough to wear on your wrist’; ‘a device intended to conserve water’;

Devicenoun

something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

Devicenoun

any clever (deceptive) maneuver;

‘he would stoop to any device to win a point’;

Devicenoun

any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

Devicenoun

an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);

‘he was recognized by the device on his shield’;

Devicenoun

a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment

‘a measuring device’;

Devicenoun

a bomb or other explosive weapon

‘an incendiary device’;

Devicenoun

a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim

‘writing a letter to a newspaper is a traditional device for signalling dissent’;

Devicenoun

a form of words intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work

‘a rhetorical device’;

Devicenoun

a drawing or design

‘the decorative device on the invitations’;

Devicenoun

an emblematic or heraldic design

‘their shields bear the device of the Blazing Sun’;

Devicenoun

the design or look of something

‘works of strange device’;