Computing and electronics

• A component of personal computer hardware
• Peripheral
  Peripheral
  A peripheral is a device attached to a host computer, but not part of it, and is more or less dependent on the host. It expands the host's capabilities, but does not form part of the core computer architecture....
  
  , any device attached to a computer that expands its functionality
• Electronic component
  Electronic component
  An electronic component is a basic electronic element and may be available in a discrete form having two or more electrical terminals . These are intended to be connected together, usually by soldering to a printed circuit board, in order to create an electronic circuit with a particular function...
  
  

Other uses

• Appliance
  Appliance
  Appliance may refer to:* Home appliance, household machines, using electricity or some other energy input** Small appliances** Major appliances...
  
  , a device for a particular task
• Device (band)
  Device (band)
  Device was a short-lived American pop-rock trio formed by keyboardist, bassist and vocalist Holly Knight, vocalist Paul Engemann and guitarist Gene Black....
  
  
• Improvised explosive device
  Improvised explosive device
  An improvised explosive device , also known as a roadside bomb, is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action...
  
   (IED)
• Logotype, or logo, in printing or in law
• Personal device, in heraldry used to distinguish the bearer; it differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not house distinction
• Machine
  Machine
  A machine manages power to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, and a molecular machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work...
  
  
• Rhetorical device
  Rhetorical device
  In rhetoric, a rhetorical device or resource of language is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective. While rhetorical devices may be used to evoke an...
  
  , a technique used in writing or speaking
• Scheme
  Scheme
  Scheme may refer to:* Scheme , a minimalist, multi-paradigm dialect of Lisp* Scheme , a concept in algebraic geometry* Scheme , a figure of speech that changes a sentence's structure-See also:...
  
  , a systematic plan of future actions
• Tool
  Tool
  A tool is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such...
  
  
• United States military award devices
  United States military award devices
  United States military award devices are attachments which may be worn on various awards and decorations of the United States military. Such attachments denote special upgrades to include bravery in combat, participation in a particular operation or service in a geographical area, or multiple...
  
  , attachments to medal's ribbon denoting special service, participation in a battle, or additional awards

See also

• Device file, an interface of a device driver
• Devise (disambiguation)
• Gadget
  Gadget
  A gadget is a small technological object that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention...
  
  
• Nuclear device
• Plot device
  Plot device
  A plot device is an object or character in a story whose sole purpose is to advance the plot of the story, or alternatively to overcome some difficulty in the plot....
  
  , an object or character in a story whose sole purpose is to advance the plot of the story, or alternatively to overcome some difficulty in the plot