Phrase Hound found 72 phrases and 18 compound words that contain device. The most common are listed below. Open device in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 72
- device driverSoftware, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device.
- mobile deviceAn item of hand-held electronic equipment, especially a smartphone or tablet computer.
- storage deviceA piece of hardware whose main function is to store data.
- device driversplural of device driver: Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device.
- pointing deviceAny device, such as a mouse or trackball, used to control an on-screen pointer or cursor.
- improvised explosive deviceAn unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerrillas, commandos or terrorists.
- Medical device
- input deviceAny of many hardware devices that provide input (from a user or elsewhere) to a computer.
- Wireless device
- output deviceAny device that formats and presents data for display to a user; examples include printers and video monitors
- Handheld device
- New Device
- measuring device
- peripheral deviceAn electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is connected, such as a printer or a scanner.
- Explosive device
- Electronic device
- Audio device
- Portable device
- intrauterine deviceA contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.
- Device name
- Network device
- block deviceAn abstraction for buffered access to hardware devices, especially storage, where data is read or written in arbitrary-sized blocks.
- residual-current deviceAn automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.
- literary deviceAn identifiable rule of thumb, convention, or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling.
- smart deviceAny of many devices that are computerized to an advanced degree; especially, any of the (countless) ones that make up the internet of things.
Compound words 18
- metadeviceAny device that exploits the properties of a metamaterial.
- subdeviceA device making up part of a larger device.
- iDeviceAny of a range of mobile electronic devices marketed by Apple Inc., such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
- nondeviceThe absence of a device.
- pseudodeviceAn entry in a file system that acts like a physical device without having the corresponding hardware.
- biodeviceAny device constructed from biological components
- cryodeviceA cryogenic device
- devicelessWithout a device.
- devicelikeResembling or characteristic of a device.
- devicetreeA data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.