different between hardware vs interoperability

English

Etymology

From hard +? -ware; attested since the mid-15th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??d?w??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??d?w??/

Noun

hardware (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. (informal) Equipment.

   military hardware
3. (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
   • 1952, "Binary Arithmetic", R.L. Michaelson, in The Incorporated Statistician, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1952), pp 35-40.

     Hardware is the generally accepted colloquism for anything inside a computer other than an engineer.

4. (technology) Electronic equipment.
5. Metal implements.
6. (slang) A firearm.

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Amharic: ????? (hard?wer)

Translations

Further reading

• hardware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a?.dw??/

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (computing) hardware

   Synonym: matériel

Further reading

• “hardware” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey, computing) hardware

Portuguese

Etymology

From English hardware.

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware (parts of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hardware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xa?dwe?/, [?xa?.ð?we?]

• IPA^(key): /?xarwe?/, [?xa.rwe?]

• IPA^(key): /?xa??we?/, [?xa?.??we?]

Noun

hardware m (plural hardwares)

1. (computing) hardware

English

Alternative forms

• inter-operability

Etymology

interoperable +? -ity; alternatively analyzed as inter- +? operability.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt???p????b?l?ti/

Noun

interoperability (countable and uncountable, plural interoperabilities)

1. The capability of a product or system, to interact and function with others reciprocally.
2. (military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.
   • 2010, "Entente or bust", The Economist, 14 Oct 2010:

     Dr Fox and Mr Morin have ruled out the notion of binational crews, but they are still exploring other ways to enhance the interoperability of France’s Charles de Gaulle and Britain’s planned two new carriers, which seem likely to be spared by the defence review.

Hypernyms

• operability

Related terms

• interoperable
• interoperation

Translations

See also

• compatibility