| Subject | English | Hindi |
| comp., MS | hardware abstraction layer | हार्डवेयर एब्स्ट्रैक्शन परत (A thin layer of software provided by the hardware manufacturer that hides, or abstracts, hardware differences from higher layers of the operating system. By means of the filter provided by the HAL, different types of hardware look alike to the rest of the operating system. This enables the operating system to be portable from one hardware platform to another. The HAL also provides routines that enable a single device driver to support the same device on all platforms) |
| comp., MS | hardware branch | हार्डवेयर ब्रांच (The hardware archive root key in the registry that is a superset of the memory-resident hardware tree. Although the hardware tree contains information only about those devices currently detected and running in the system, the registry contains a complete list of all hardware ever installed on the particular computer. The hardware root key is \\HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE\Hardware) |
| comp., MS | Hardware Compatibility List | हार्डवेयर संगतता मोड (A registry of products that have been tested by Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). These products passed Windows compatibility testing) |
| comp., MS | hardware failure | हार्डवेयर विफलता (A malfunction of a physical component such as a disk head failure or memory error) |
| comp., MS | Hardware Functionality Scan | हार्डवेयर कार्यक्षमता स्कैन (A process whereby a driver authenticates the validity of hardware) |
| comp., MS | hardware ID | हार्डवेयर ID (A vendor-defined string used by the Plug and Play Manager to find the correct .inf file to install a particular device) |
| comp., MS | hardware overlay | हार्डवेयर ओवरले (A method to render images to a display with a dedicated memory buffer inside video hardware) |
| comp., MS | hardware tree | हार्डवेयर ट्री (A record in RAM of the current system configuration based on the information for all devices in the hardware branch of the registry. The hardware tree is created each time the system is started or whenever a dynamic change occurs to the system configuration) |
| comp., MS | hardware type | हार्डवेयर प्रकार (A classification for similar devices. For example, Imaging Device is a hardware type for digital cameras and scanners) |
| comp., MS | independent hardware vendor | स्वतंत्र हार्डवेयर विक्रॆता (A company that manufactures hardware devices and the associated device drivers) |
| comp., MS | Windows Hardware Certification Kit | Windows हार्डवेयर प्रमाणन किट (The test automation framework used to certify devices or systems for Windows) |
| comp., MS | Windows 7 hardware logo | Windows 7 हार्डवेयर लोगो (Logo assigned to the hardware products that have passed Microsoft designed tests for compatibility and reliability on Windows 7) |