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

Technology

Computing, electronics, mechanisms and telecommunication

  • Appliance, a device for a particular task
  • Computer, a computing device
  • Device file, an interface of a peripheral device driver
  • Electronic component, a device that can be embedded in the construction of electronic hardware
  • Gadget, generally synonymous with device; often used when a more specific word is not well-known or cannot be recalled
  • Handheld device, a small computer such as a phone or tablet
  • Machine, a mechanical device
  • Medical device, a device intended for medical use
  • Peripheral device, hardware that is external but accessible to a computer

Weapons

  • Improvised explosive device (IED)
  • Nuclear weapon

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 Counter-Strike 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 (), witness at the trial of the Pendle witches

See also

  • Devise (disambiguation)