Said to be material, physical goods, designed to directly or indirectly support the services provided by the organisation, thus being temporary or permanent data depositories,  support for the execution of computer applications or the means for processing or transmitting data.

    [host] large equipment (1)

    [mid] midsize equipment (2)

    [pc] personal computing (3)

    [mobile] mobile computing (4)

    [pda] PDAs

    [easy] easily replaceable (5)

    [data] data storage (6)

    [peripheral] peripherals

      [print] print media (7)

      [scan] scanners

      [crypto] encryption devices

    [network] network support (8)

      [modem] modems

      [hub] hubs

      [switch] switchers

      [router] routers

      [bridge] bridges

      [firewall] firewalls

1.   Notable for being few, often only one, financially expensive and requiring a specific environment for their operation. They are difficult to replace in the event of destruction.

2.   Notable for being various, of medium cost both for acquisition and for maintenance, and requiring standard conditions for their operating environment. They are not difficult to replace in the event of destruction.

3.   Notable for being many, of relatively small cost and with minimum requirements for their operating environment. They are easily replaceable in the event of destruction.

4.   Notable as being equipment classified for personal computing which, additionally, is easily moved from one place to another, and can be in the organisation’s own premises or in any other place.

5.   Equipment which, in the event of a temporary or permanent fault, may be replaced quickly and economically.

6.   Equipment in which data remains for a long period. Specially, this classification includes equipment which contains the data locally, compared to those which only handle data in transit

7.   Printers and print servers.

8.   Equipment needed for transmitting data: routers, modems, etc.