Device

such as a cell phone Device implying computer hardware A peripheral device attached to a computer A display device (or graphics device), for visual or tactile...

A boot device is used to start a computer. It is named after a boot which fits on the foot. The word bootstrap is also closely related, and means, to use...

I/O devices. A device is connected to the computer via a plug and socket, and the socket is connected to a device controller. Device controllers use...

A mobile device is an electronic device which its user can easily carry with them. Typical examples are a mobile phone, PDA and handheld game consoles...

Peripheral equipment (also called: input and output devices) connects a computer to other things. It gives a computer system more features. Input is anything...

In computing, an input device is computer hardware which is used to enter information for processing. Examples of input devices include keyboard, mouse...

A device driver is a program that lets the operating system communicate with specific computer hardware. Computer parts need a driver because they do not...

such devices for terrorist activities. Unconventional warfare which is done by guerilla forces also uses such devices. Improvised explosive devices are...

A data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of energy. People have been...

In computing, an output device is a peripheral equipment device that is used to give the results of processed data. Video card and monitor (screen): displays...

some operating systems, a device file or special file is a file on the file system that can be used to access and control devices, such as printers or scanners...

A medical device is any device intended to be used in the health care. Discovery of what would be considered a medical device by modern standards dates...

An improvised nuclear device (IND) is a concept of a nuclear bomb made by people outside of a military. These people could be terrorists or other criminals...

In physics, an insertion device is a group of magnets that can be placed on a straight segment of a particle accelerator to be a synchrotron light source...

(GUIs) in use today require some kind of device for positioning the on-screen cursor. Typical pointing devices are: mouse, trackball, touch pad, track...

operating systems, the null device is a device file that ignores anything written to it but returns that the write worked. This device is called /dev/null on...

electronic device to a computer. It is a fast serial bus type. It is mostly used on personal computers. USB is also used on other devices, such as smartphones...

computers, mobile phones, digital audio players and many other electronic devices. Like other solids, the electrons in semiconductors can have energies only...

A spring is a device typically made of metal, usually steel. The metal can be compressed (squeezed). When the compression force is removed, the spring...

Incendiary devices or incendiary bombs are bombs. These bombs have been designed to start a fire. Sometimes they are also called firebombs. They were...