USB (redirect from USB storage device)
peripheral devices, e.g. displays, keyboards, and mass storage devices, and to and from intermediate hubs, which multiply the number of a host's ports...
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Android (operating system) (redirect from Android (mobile device platform))
primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android has historically been developed by a consortium of developers known as...
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An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional...
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A mobile device or handheld computer is a computer small enough to hold and operate in hand. Mobile devices are typically battery-powered and possess...
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ITunes (category Mobile device management software)
iTunes is a discontinued media player, media library, and mobile device management utility developed by Apple. It was used to purchase, play, download...
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Computer mouse (redirect from Mouse (device))
A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically...
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Bronze Star Medal (redirect from Bronze Star with V device)
meritorious service in a combat zone. When the medal is awarded by the Army, Air Force, or Space Force for acts of valor in combat, the "V" device is authorized...
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Computer (redirect from Computing device)
special-purpose devices like microwave ovens and remote controls, and factory devices like industrial robots. Computers are at the core of general-purpose devices such...
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A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of...
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Transistor (category Semiconductor devices)
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. It is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics...
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A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors. Under the control of an external circuit...
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Network address translation (redirect from NAT device)
transit across a traffic routing device. The technique was originally used to bypass the need to assign a new address to every host when a network was moved...
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Computer data storage (redirect from Secondary storage device)
defective device replacement. Device mirroring and typical RAID are designed to handle a single device failure in the RAID group of devices. However, if a second...
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Red herring (redirect from Red herring (plot device))
A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that...
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ANSI escape code (redirect from ANSI device status report)
the display hardware in PC Clones. DOS version 2.0 included an optional device driver named ANSI.SYS. Poor performance, and the fact that it was not installed...
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BlackBerry (redirect from BlackBerry (device))
BlackBerry is a discontinued brand of smartphones and other related mobile services and devices. The line was originally developed and maintained by the...
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Electronics (redirect from Electronic device)
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate...
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system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. A driver...
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Deus ex machina (redirect from God out of a machine)
DAY-əs ex-MA(H)K-in-ə, Latin: [ˈdɛ.ʊs ɛks ˈmaːkʰɪnaː]; plural: dei ex machina; English "god from the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable...
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Display resolution (redirect from Device resolution)
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension...
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A "V" device is a metal 1⁄4-inch (6.4 mm) capital letter "V" with serifs which, when worn on certain decorations awarded by the United States Armed Forces...
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Internet of things (redirect from IoT device)
(IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over...
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Input/output (redirect from Input/Output Device)
keyboard or computer mouse is an input device for a computer, while monitors and printers are output devices. Devices for communication between computers...
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A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. Significant potential for hazards are inherent when using a device for medical...
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Antikythera mechanism (redirect from Antikythera Device)
by archaeologist Valerios Stais as containing a gear. The device, housed in the remains of a wooden-framed case of (uncertain) overall size 34 cm × 18 cm...
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Torture (redirect from Torture Device)
deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating...
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A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch. Mobile...
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Thermonuclear weapon (redirect from Thermonuclear device)
achieved to boost the associated fusion device, and enough was learned to achieve a full-scale device within a year. The design of all modern thermonuclear...
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