Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. / (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

plural of device

(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.

The quality of being deviceful.

Relating to a deva.

A hypothetical weapon (often a bomb) programmed to automatically be used in response to certain attacks, usually with very dire consequences (such as the annihilation of the world).

plural of literary device

(computer hardware) A piece of hardware whose main function is to store data.

An element introduced into a story, film, etc. to advance its plot.

(computing) Any of many hardware devices that provide input (from a user or elsewhere) to a computer.