| Subject | English | Croatian |
| comp., MS | hardware abstraction layer | sloj apstrakcije hardvera (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 and Devices troubleshooter | uklanjanje pogrešaka hardvera i uređaja (A troubleshooter that helps find and fix problems about hardware and devices) |
| comp., MS | hardware branch | hardverska grana (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 failure | kvar na hardveru (A malfunction of a physical component such as a disk head failure or memory error) |
| comp., MS | Hardware Functionality Scan | provjera funkcionalnosti hardvera (A process whereby a driver authenticates the validity of hardware) |
| comp., MS | hardware ID | hardverski 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 | hardversko prekrivanje (A method to render images to a display with a dedicated memory buffer inside video hardware) |
| comp., MS | hardware router | hardverski usmjerivač (A router that performs routing as a dedicated function and has specific hardware designed and optimized for routing) |
| comp., MS | hardware tree | hardversko stablo (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 | vrsta hardvera (A classification for similar devices. For example, Imaging Device is a hardware type for digital cameras and scanners) |
| comp., MS | independent hardware vendor | nezavisni dobavljač hardvera (A company that manufactures hardware devices and the associated device drivers) |
| comp., MS | Windows Hardware Certification Kit | Paket za certifikaciju hardvera u sustavu Windows (The test automation framework used to certify devices or systems for Windows) |
| comp., MS | Windows 7 hardware logo | logotip sustava Windows 7 za hardver (Logo assigned to the hardware products that have passed Microsoft designed tests for compatibility and reliability on Windows 7) |