The phrase "hard ware" refers to physical components or parts of a computer or electronic device that can be touched and seen, like the keyboard, screen, or mouse. Full definition
Augaitis's artists have raided the junk piles, warehouses, hard ware stores and toy boxes of modern industrial culture, pulling out hospital sheets, toilet seats, crowbars, Cheerios, things that go squish and everything else you can think of, except the high art stuff of oil paint and marble. (mercerunion.org)
The leather is made of vintage shinny goatskin and finished with silver hard ware. (heduy.com)
It's crafted from crackled patent leather and enriched with ruthenium hard ware (kind - of silver). (heduy.com)