How to say "hardware" in Japanese

• ハードウェアCommon
  nounThe usual word for computer hardware — the physical parts of a computer or other machine, as opposed to software. It is a loanword used in technical and everyday computing contexts.
• 金物かなものCommon
  nounRefers to metal goods: ironware, metal fittings and utensils, such as those sold at a hardware store. For the computing sense of 'hardware' it is not the word you want; it is really about metal items.
  彼かれは金物かなものを商あきなっている。↗

  He deals in hardware.
• ハードCommon
  nounAn abbreviation of ハードウェア, so it covers computer hardware as well. It appears in contexts where the shortened loanword is natural, but the fuller ハードウェア is often clearer.
  Xbox 360については「いいハードです」と開口かいこう一番いちばん切り出きりだした。↗

  On the Xbox 360 the very first thing he said was "good hardware."

Use 「ハードウェア」 for computer hardware; 「ハード」 (a shortened form) covers the same idea; 金物 means metal goods or fittings and matches 'hardware' only in that sense.

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• ハードウェアhardware
• 金物かなものmetal utensil
• ハードhardware