Device
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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
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