The word device is very general and can mean many things. Some of its meanings are:

• Electrical device designed to carry power, but not use it
• Instrument
• Small appliance such as a TV set
• Machine or functional part of a machine
• Component of a computer or similar electronic system such as an integrated circuit, printer or network card
• Device file or special file, an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file
• Information appliance such as a cell phone or PDA
• Part of a coat of arms
• Member of the pop band devices
• An idea or invention

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