For Device we have terms and definitions in 10 topics. The topics are Blackjack, Book Collecting, Books, Clinical Trials, Coin Collecting, Digital Imaging, Furniture, Heraldry, SCSI and Technology.

Device (Blackjack)

(n). A computer or any other calculator that can be used by players to help them win.

Device (Book Collecting)

Usually "Publisher's device". The logo or symbol of the publisher. Certain publishers, such as Doubleday Doran and Farrer & Rinehart, have used their device to identify their first editions. Sometimes inaccurately called the publisher's "colophon". The presence of the Farrer & Rinehart stylized "FR" on the copyright page is just about a certain indication of the book being a first edition.

Device (Books)

A printer's ornament. Also an insignia that is the publisher's identifying mark. Now interchangeable with Colophon.

Device (Clinical Trials)

An instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including any component, part or accessory, which is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of disease. A device does not achieve its intended purpose through chemical action in the body and is not dependent upon being metabolized to achieve its purpose.

Device (Coin Collecting)

Any specific design element. Often refers to the principal design element.

Device (Digital Imaging)

Independent Color - Coloring management systems, or portable color dictates that digital color data be processed and rendered accurately on any device.

Device (Furniture)

An emblematic design, used especially as an heraldic bearing (such as a coat of arms).

Device (Heraldry)

An emblem, intended to represent a family, person, action or quality, with a suitable motto. It generally consists in a metaphorical similitude between the thing representing and the person or thing represented.

Device (SCSI)

From the EPI document of SCSI-3: Devices include targets, initiators and bus expanders. The term "SCSI device" is limited to targets and initiators.

Device (Technology)

A generic term for a computer subsystem. Printers, serial ports, and disk drives are often referred to as devices; such subsystems frequently require their own controlling software, called device drivers. See also device driver.

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