Device could mean:

• A measuring instrument
• A machine or part of one
• A tool or part of one
• An information appliance, 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 presentation of images and/or text
• An electronic component
• A device file, in computing
• Device Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Dutch ICT Company.
• A rhetorical device
• Device No.1, an album by Flint
• devices, a Los Angeles-based power-pop band from the late 1980s and early 1990s
• Heraldic device, part of a coat of arms
• de-VICE, an online magazine started in 2005 that dabbles with electronic music, movies, anime, travel, and subcultural asidesde-VICE #3 Archived 2019-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
• An attachment to a medal's ribbon denoting special service, participation in a battle, or additional awards. Examples include a service star and the oak leaf cluster.

Devise could also mean:

• To invent
• A disposition of real property in a will, like a bequest

Or see the placename Devizes