Device and System

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Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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System is a synonym for device in scheme topic. In some cases you can use "System" instead a noun "Device".

System noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

Usage example: if you're going to wrap all these presents in one afternoon, you'll need a system

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Device is a synonym for system in scheme topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "System".

Nearby Words: systematic, systemic

old	old device	old system
good	good device	good system
special	special device	special system
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate system
Other adjectives: similar, complex, alien, standard, single, simple, powerful, actual, massive, complicated, main, new, portable, advanced, automatic, broken, central, magical, electrical, handheld.

The Saturn, Sega's entry into The Fifth Generation of Console Video Games, had originally been intended to be a 2D multimedia gaming device and the system that would surpass their competitors.

Source: Useful Notes / Sega Saturn
As device drivers and servers are outside of kernel space, it makes the system very reliable.

Source: Useful Notes / Operating System
Root with a classical tracking device, and the FBI by a brute force attack on their phone system.

Source: Tracking Device

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