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HARDWARE
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hard·ware
hard·ware
[hrd wàir]
n
1. tools and implements: tools and
implements that are typically made of metal, for example, hinges, screws,
and hammers
2. military military weapons: heavy
military weapons and equipment
3. computing computer equipment and
peripherals: the equipment and devices that make up a computer system as
opposed to the programs that are used on it
4. arms gun: a gun or guns (informal)
HYPOTHESIS
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hy·poth·e·sis
hy·poth·e·sis
[hī póthəssiss]
(plural
hy·poth·e·ses [hī póthə sz])
n
1. theory needing investigation: a
tentative explanation for a phenomenon, used as a basis for further
investigation
The
hypothesis of the big bang is one way to explain the beginning of the
universe.
2. assumption: a statement that is assumed
to be true for the sake of argument
That is
what would logically follow if you accepted the hypothesis.
3. logic antecedent clause: the antecedent
of a conditional statement
[Late
16th century. Via late Latin from Greek hupothesis “foundation, base,”
literally “placing under,” from thesis “placing.”]
-hy·poth·e·sist,
n
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