Device

A device is usually a constructed tool. Device may also refer to:

Technology

Computing

• Device, a colloquial term encompassing different types of computers, such as desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc.
• Device file, an interface of a device driver
• Peripheral, any device attached to a computer that expands its functionality

Warfare

• Improvised explosive device (IED)
• Nuclear weapon

Other uses in technology

• Appliance, a device for a particular task
• Electronic component
• Gadget
• Machine
• Medical device

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups

• Device (metal band), American industrial metal band active 2012–2014
• Device (pop-rock band), American pop-rock trio from the mid 1980s

Albums

• Device (Device album), 2013
• Device (Eon album), 2006

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Plot device, as in storytelling
• Rhetorical device, a technique used in writing or speaking
• The Device, a 2014 American science fiction horror film

Other uses

• Dev1ce or Device, nicknames for Nicolai Reedtz, a Danish professional CS:GO player
• Device, something that can be trademarked, such as a logotype (or "logo") in printing or in law
• Devices, aspects of a military-award decoration in the United Kingdom
• Personal device, another name for a heraldic badge

People with the surname Device

• Alizon Device (died 1612), executed as one of the Pendle witches
• Elizabeth Device (died 1612), executed as one of the Pendle witches
• James Device (died 1612), executed as one of the Pendle witches
• Jennet Device (fl. 1612), witness at the trial of the Pendle witches

See also

• Devise