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French translation: matériel

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English term or phrase:	hardware
French translation:	matériel
Entered by:	Ryszard Matuszewski

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12:44 Jan 31, 2004

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)

English term or phrase: hardware

generally

Ryszard Matuszewski KudoZ activity Questions: 630 (4 open) (10 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 759 Poland
Local time: 06:58

matériel (informatique)

Explanation:
Même le Liliputt doit l'indiquer ;-)

Selected response from:

Sylvain Leray
France
Local time: 06:58

Grading comment

Merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +14

matériel (informatique)

Sylvain Leray

5 +5

matériel

cheungmo

depends on target audience

rene_teews

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +14

matériel (informatique)

Explanation:
Même le Liliputt doit l'indiquer ;-)

Sylvain Leray
France
Local time: 06:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Nancy Lynn Bogar

5 mins

-> Hello Nancy !

agree

xxxCHENOUMI

13 mins

agree

Vincent SOUBRIE

15 mins

agree

Mihaela Sinca

21 mins

agree

Martine Etienne

28 mins

agree

Bruce Capelle

2 hrs

agree

Geneviève von Levetzow: Oui, mais la réponse se trouve partout, le demandeur aurait pu chercher lui-même

2 hrs

-> ce que je voulais dire en parlant du Liliput (ces dictionnaires miniatures pour tricher à l'école) ;-)

agree

Ségolène Neilson

3 hrs

agree

RHELLER

3 hrs

agree

Nathalie Reis

7 hrs

agree

Bitten Ballais

15 hrs

agree

Abdellatif Bouhid

15 hrs

neutral

Frédéric Bégon: Refers to objects that you can actually touch, like disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, printers, boards, and chips. In contrast, software is untouchable. Software exists as ideas, concepts, and symbols, but it has no substance.

22 hrs

agree

Malika Black: Hardware est aussi pas mal utilisé en français

1 day1 hr

agree

sousou

2 days21 hrs

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

matériel

Explanation:
As in "matériel informatique", while "software" is "logiciel" ("logiciel" does not need "informatique" to specify its for computers).

cheungmo
Canada
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day5 hrs confidence:

depends on target audience

Explanation:
les pros ainsi que les enthousiastes de l'informatique utilisent "hardware" sans complexe mais aussi "matériel" comme on peut le voir sur le site suivant:
HardWare.fr - Le Guide du HardWare & de l'Optimisation PC -
LDLC.com - Boutique en ligne de matériel informatique. Légère hausse
sur la DDR400 - 30/01 Puce DDR2 128 Mo chez Samsung - 30/01 ...
www.hardware-fr.com/ - 31k - 30 Jan 2004

it's your target audience that influences what term would fit best but "matériel" is the safe choice.

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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 55 mins (2004-02-01 18:39:58 GMT)
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désolé pour le mélange d\'anglais dans ma réponse, je parlais à une amie américaine tout en répondant à la question ;-)

rene_teews
France
Local time: 22:58
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