| Subject | English | French |
| IT, dat.proc. | hardware compatibility | compatibilité de matériel |
| IT, dat.proc. | hardware compatibility | compatibilité entre machines |
| IT, dat.proc. | hardware compatibility | compatibilité physique |
| IT, dat.proc. | hardware compatibility | compatibilité au niveau du matériel |
| comp., MS | Hardware Compatibility List | liste de compatibilité matérielle (A registry of products that have been tested by Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). These products passed Windows compatibility testing) |
| comp., MS | Hardware Compatibility Test kit A collection of tests that verify hardware and device driver operations under a specific operating situation on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The tests exercise the combination of a device, a software driver, and an operating system under controlled conditions and verify that all components operate properly | kit Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) |