Hardware and Material

Hardware

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

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Hardware and material are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardware" instead a noun "Material".

old	old hardware	old material
expensive	expensive hardware	expensive material
rare	rare hardware	rare material
special	special hardware	special material
Other adjectives: best, better, similar, original, actual, new, extra, additional, different, available, various, older, existing.

Sonic & Knuckles consists almost entirely of material that was originally intended for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 but was cut due to time and hardware constraints.

Source: Refitted for Sequel
According to background material in ambiguously-canon midquel Cataclysm, the answer is "nothing good": The resulting power vacuum kicked off a civil war that ended with the old Empire messily Balkanised and an awful lot of military hardware in the hands of Imperial loyalists, warlords or pirates.

Source: Inferred Holocaust

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