n. 五金器具,硬件
1. I know nothing about computer hardware.
我對計算機硬件壹竅不通。
2. We deal in hardware but not software.
我們只經營硬件而不經營軟件.
3. After Apollo, NASA's leaders turned their backs on the stars and planets. They delayed or canceled astronomy and space missions, gambling the agency's future on hardware like the space shuttle and space station.
阿波羅〔探測外太空火箭〕過後，美國宇航局的領導放棄了對星球的探測。他們擱置或取消了天文及太空任務，而將該局的前途賭在航天飛機及太空站壹類的硬件上。
4. A computer system is composed of software and hardware in the light of its working mode.
從計算機的工作過程看，計算機系統是由軟件和硬件組成的。