Battery and Hardware

Battery

Battery noun - A number of things considered as a unit.

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Hardware and battery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hardware" instead a noun "Battery".

Nearby Words: batter, battered, battering

Hardware noun - Items needed for the performance of a task or activity.

Usage example: gathered together the hardware needed to set up a first aid station at the finish line for the marathon

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Battery and hardware are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Battery" instead a noun "Hardware".

old	old battery	old hardware
special	special battery	special hardware
better	better battery	better hardware
similar	similar battery	similar hardware
Other adjectives: alien, standard, small, powerful, faulty, capable, internal, new, damaged, limited, available, modified.

Powered by a nuclear battery, it is said to be the most advanced military hardware ever fielded before the war.

Source: Powered Armor
When the batteries run out, the effects may vary from loss of sound or scrambled graphics to straight up preventing the game from running (usually since the ROM is encrypted and the battery is connected to the part of the hardware that decrypts it for use).

Source: DRM
Also, if the battery drained all the way to nothing, starting to charge it again would cause such a current draw that it would fail to charge (and cause power faults) on any device other than a direct USB-to-mains connector, which was not supplied with the hardware.

Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming

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