Hardware
Hardware noun - Items needed for the performance of a task or activity.
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Synonyms for Hardware
Protection and hardware are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Protection" instead a noun "Hardware".
Protection
Protection noun - Means or method of defending.
Hardware and protection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardware" instead a noun "Protection".
How words are described
| physical | physical hardware | physical protection |
| special | special hardware | special protection |
| best | best hardware | best protection |
| better | better hardware | better protection |
| Other adjectives: similar, standard, free, friendly, proper, powerful, actual, real, serious, limited, military, extra, additional, available, said, naval. | ||
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For example, some copy-protection software works by checking the serial number of the computer's hardware, so that changing the hardware can confuse the copy-protection system into thinking you have just copied it to a different computer.
Source: Copy Protection - In those days, games were simply blown out of proportion for copy protection, and no actual copy protection was deemed necessary because whatever hardware would have been able to duplicate a CD-ROM was too expensive to use it for game piracy.
Source: Copy Protection -
Furthermore, it is loaded with night vision cameras, side mounted cameras, electronic countermeasures, rollover protection, open ended digital hardware and a whole host of other gadgets.
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Protection and Hardware. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardware/protection
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Protection or Hardware. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardware/protection.
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