| Subject | English | Hebrew |
| comp., MS | absolute pointing device | התקן הצבעה מוחלט (A mechanical or physical pointing device whose location is associated with the position of the on-screen cursor. For example, if the user of a graphics tablet places the pen on the upper right corner of the tablet, the cursor moves to the upper right corner of the screen or on-screen window associated with the pen) |
| comp., MS | add-on device | התקן הרחבה (A device that is traditionally added to the base computer system to increase functionality, such as audio, networking, graphics, or SCSI controller) |
| comp., MS | audio input device | התקן קלט שמע (An audio input device records music and voice input into your computer. Examples of audio input devices are CD-ROM players and microphones) |
| comp., MS | backup device | התקן גיבוי (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| comp., MS | Bring Your Own Device | הבא את המכשיר שלך (The set of features that let employees use personal devices to access corporate information and services and let IT admins manage such devices) |
| comp., MS | calling device | התקן התקשרות (Equipment, telephone or computer, used to place a call) |
| comp., MS | capture device | התקן לכידה (Hardware that transfers audio and video from an external source, such as a VCR or camcorder, to a computer) |
| comp., MS | charge-coupled device | התקן צמוד-מטען (A device in which individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next) |
| comp., MS | computing device | התקן מיחשוב (A piece of equipment that is used for running programs) |
| comp., MS | control device object | אובייקט התקן בקרה (A device object that represents the filter driver to the system and to user-mode application and which allows applications to communicate with the filter driver directly, even before the filter is attached to a file system or volume device object) |
| comp., MS | custom device | התקן מותאם אישית (A microphone and speaker combination configured by the user in Lync and Office Communicator) |
| comp., MS | default device | התקן ברירת מחדל (The device that Lync and Communicator uses by default when the user places a call (either PBX telephone phone or computer through a VOIP connection)) |
| comp., MS | desktop device app | אפליקציית מכשיר של שולחן עבודה (A device app built in C++/Win32/COM) |
| comp., MS | Device Access API | API של גישה למכשיר (A set of COM interfaces that a device companion app can use to send requests, to a specialized device, synchronously or asynchronously) |
| comp., MS | device adapter | מתאם מכשירים (An ASP.NET page framework class that adapts the behavior of mobile pages and controls based on the target device) |
| comp., MS | device bar | רף מכשיר (The minimum requirements a LUN device has to meet in order to be included in MPIO transfers) |
| comp., MS | Device Bay | תא התקן (An industry specification that defines a mechanism for adding and upgrading computer peripheral devices without opening the chassis) |
| comp., MS | device capability | יכולת מכשיר (A device functionality available through the HasCapability method or the element) |
| comp., MS | device capability (A device functionality available through the HasCapability method or the | יכולת מכשיר |
| comp., MS | device channel | ערוץ מכשירים (In a site collection, a group of settings that is configured to include certain mobile devices based on defined criteria, and that can be mapped to a SharePoint master page to optimize a publishing site for those devices) |
| comp., MS | Device Channels | ערוצי מכשירים (A SharePoint feature that enables a single publishing site to be rendered differently for different mobile devices in order to optimize the user experience) |
| comp., MS | device claim | טענת התקן (A statement that a device makes to indicate that it can be trusted to access secure resources, such a folder on a file share) |
| comp., MS | device conflict | התנגשות התקנים (A conflict that occurs when the same system resources have been allocated to two or more devices. System resources include interrupt request (IRQ) lines, direct memory access (DMA) channels, input/output (I/O) ports, and memory addresses) |
| comp., MS | device context | הקשר התקן (A data structure that defines the graphic objects, their associated attributes, and the graphic modes that affect output on a device) |
| comp., MS | device coordinate | קואורדינטת התקן (The coordinate used by the physical device being drawn on, such as a screen or sheet of paper) |
| comp., MS | device definition | הגדרת מכשיר (The characteristics of a device available through the MobileCapabilities class and the DeviceSpecific control) |
| comp., MS | device driver interface | ממשק מנהלי התקנים (A set of functions that are implemented by the operating system for use by drivers) |
| comp., MS | Device Driver Wizard | אשף מנהלי ההתקנים (A wizard that helps a driver developer get the new driver packages up and going quickly in Visual Studio) |
| comp., MS | Device Encryption | הצפנת התקן (The out-of-the-box encryption capabilities that are automatically included on PCs running Windows RT.) |
| comp., MS | device experience | חוויית מכשיר (The combination of device, device driver, device metadata, and Windows Store device app) |
| comp., MS | device filter | מסנן מכשירים (A section of the Web.config file where you specify values for specific mobile devices. These values are used to create device-specific content) |
| comp., MS | device font | גופן התקן (A font residing in or intended for a printer. Font cartridges are available for laser printers that allow your printer print additional fonts. Printer fonts are distinct from screen fonts, which are designed for displaying text on a computer) |
| comp., MS | device ID | מזהה התקן (A unique ASCII string for the device created by enumerators to identify a hardware device and used to cross-reference data about the device stored in the registry. Distinguishes each logical device and bus from all others on the system) |
| comp., MS | device independent pixel | פיקסל בלתי תלוי בהתקן (A unit of measure that equals 1/96 of an inch) |
| comp., MS | device management | ניהול התקנים (The exchange of requests and responses that control and configure the operational state of a device. Device management requires the use of a Communication Class interface) |
| comp., MS | Device Manager | מנהל ההתקנים (An administrative tool that you can use to manage the devices on your computer. Using Device Manager, you can view and change device properties, update device drivers, configure device settings, and uninstall devices) |
| comp., MS | device metadata package | חבילת מטה-נתונים של התקן (A .cab file that can only have one locale support and that provides all the hardware display components in order for your device information to be shown in the Control Panel) |
| comp., MS | Device Metadata Retrieval Client | לקוח אחזור מטה-נתונים של התקן (A feature that provides an interface for acquiring rich metadata in order to support showing device detail information in the Device Center and the Device Stage) |
| comp., MS | device password | סיסמת התקן (A passcode that a user enters on a mobile device that supports the Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The device password unlocks the device and allows access to the data stored on the device) |
| comp., MS | device PC | מחשב התקן (A computer that is part of a OneCare circle but is not a hub PC or a monitor PC. A device PC has no privileges to monitor or make changes to any other computer in the OneCare circle) |
| comp., MS | device stack | מחסנית התקנים (A chain of device objects that represent the drivers for a device. Each device stack contains a device object for each driver that is part of handling input/output (I/O) to a particular device. The parent bus driver has a physical device object (PDO), the function driver has a functional device object (FDO), and each filter driver has a filter device object (DO)) |
| comp., MS | Device Stage | זירת ההתקנים (A Windows feature that provides a rich environment for configuring and interacting with devices connected to your PC such as mobile phones, printers and cameras) |
| comp., MS | Devices charm | צ'ארם מכשירים (A user interface element that provides access to external devices like media players or printers) |
| comp., MS | display device | התקן תצוגה (A visual output device aimed at displaying various type of information) |
| comp., MS | dump device | התקן Dump (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| comp., MS | Enhanced Storage device | התקן אחסון משופר (A storage device that provides storage function and authentication. Such devices are usually small form-factor devices such as USB thumb drives) |
| comp., MS | ghost device | התקן צללים (A device that is detected by a computer even though it is no longer installed or connected. You can remove ghost devices in Device Manager) |
| comp., MS | Graphics Device Interface | ממשק התקן גרפי (An executable program that processes graphical function calls from a Windows-based application and passes those calls to the appropriate device driver, which performs the hardware-specific functions that generate output. By acting as a buffer between applications and output devices, GDI presents a device-independent view of the world for the application while interacting in a device-dependent format with the device) |
| comp., MS | handheld device | מכשיר כף-יד (A piece of handheld equipment such as a portable music or video player, PDA (personal digital assistant), mobile phone, or Windows Mobile device that works on its own but can also connect to a computer. Many of these devices can sync information with Windows) |
| comp., MS | handwriting input device | התקן פלט לכתב יד (A tool, such as a digital pen and tablet, used to enter text by writing instead of typing. Along with writing tablets, you can use 3-D drawing or Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) tablets, or a tablet-PC. You can also write by moving your mouse on the mouse pad) |
| comp., MS | Hardware and Devices troubleshooter | פותר בעיות חומרה והתקנים (A troubleshooter that helps find and fix problems about hardware and devices) |
| comp., MS | IEEE Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices | תקן IEEE לאימות של התקני אחסון ארעיים המתחברים למחשב מארח (The IEEE industry standard that defines methods for authenticating transient removable storage devices (e.g. USB flash drives, memory cards, and portable hard disks) when they are mounted to host computers in corporate, government, academic, and other environments) |
| comp., MS | imaging device | התקן דימות (A hardware type for digital cameras and scanners) |
| comp., MS | infrared device | התקן אינפרא-אדום (A computer, or a computer peripheral such as a printer, that can communicate using infrared light) |
| comp., MS | input device | התקן קלט (A peripheral device whose purpose is to allow the user to provide input to a computer system. Examples of input devices are keyboards, mice, joysticks, and styluses) |
| comp., MS | integrated device electronics | תקן IDE (A type of disk-drive interface in which the controller electronics reside on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. IDE offers advantages such as look-ahead caching to increase overall performance) |
| comp., MS | legacy device | התקן מדור קודם (A device that does not use (PCI), (USB), 1394, or later physical interconnect, but is fully (PnP) compliant. A legacy device cannot be configured or managed by using either mechanisms or PnP methods to specify resource configurations) |
| comp., MS | logical device | התקן לוגי (A volume that you create within an extended partition on a basic master boot record (MBR) disk. Logical drives are similar to primary partitions, except that you are limited to four primary partitions per disk, whereas you can create an unlimited number of logical drives per disk. A logical drive can be formatted and assigned a drive letter) |
| comp., MS | mass storage device | התקן אחסון בנפח גדול (A generic term for disk, optical disk, or other device that provides persistent storage for computer data) |
| comp., MS | MFC Smart Device DLL Wizard | אשף MFC DLL של התקן חכם (A wizard in Smart Device Development. It is used to create an MFC DLL project. The users get a working starter application that has built-in functionality that, when it is compiled, will implement the basic features of a DLL) |
| comp., MS | mobile device | מכשיר נייד (A piece of handheld equipment such as a portable music or video player, PDA (personal digital assistant), mobile phone, or Windows Mobile device that works on its own but can also connect to a computer. Many of these devices can sync information with Windows) |
| comp., MS | multifunction device | התקן רב-תכליתי (A piece of hardware that supports multiple discrete capabilities, such as audio, mixer, and music, on a single card. This device is sometimes treated as a bus that can be enumerated to locate the devices on that bus) |
| comp., MS | Office enabled device | התקן המותאם לשימוש ב- Office (A removable storage device that has been configured with Office applications using the Office To-Go Device Manager) |
| comp., MS | Open Device Access Model | מודל גישה פתוחה למכשיר (The access model for horizontal solutions, which enables a horizontal strategy. Open Device Access enables many different Windows Store apps to access a specialized device. Examples: a smartphone with multiple apps that synchronize contacts; a pedometer that allows multiple apps to read its data and post it to a website) |
| comp., MS | output device | התקן פלט (Any peripheral which purpose is to convey information from a computer to a user in the form of text, images, sounds or other) |
| comp., MS | parallel device | התקן מקבילי (A device that uses a parallel connection) |
| comp., MS | PCMCIA device | התקן PCMCIA (A removable device, approximately the size of a credit card, that can be plugged into a PCMCIA slot in a portable computer. PCMCIA devices can include modems, network adapters, and hard disk drives) |
| comp., MS | PnP device | התקן PnP (A type of device, such as a game controller or printer, that automatically works when you connect it to your computer. The computer configures the settings and installs the necessary drivers by itself) |
| comp., MS | pointing device | התקן הצבעה (" An input device used to control an on-screen cursor for such actions as "pressing" on-screen buttons in dialog boxes, choosing menu items, and selecting ranges of cells in spreadsheets or groups of words in a document.") |
| comp., MS | portable device | מכשיר נייד (A device that is light enough, rugged enough, and free enough of encumbering external connections to be carried by a user) |
| comp., MS | primary storage device | התקן אחסון ראשי (A storage device that holds data in temporary memory such as RAM) |
| comp., MS | Printing and Imaging Devices | התקני הדפסה ודימות (A feature in Windows that allows users to access and manage printers, multi-function printers, digital cameras and scanners) |
| comp., MS | programmable logic device | התקן לוגי ניתן לתיכנות (A logic chip that is programmed by the customer, not the manufacturer. Like a gate array, a PLD is a collection of logic gates. Unlike a gate array, a PLD does not need to be programmed as part of the manufacturing process) |
| comp., MS | puff and sip device | נשפן (An assistive computer technology for people with mobility impairments. A puff and sip device is a head-mounted alternative to using the mouse. The device allows a user to move the mouse pointer without using his or her hands by puffing air into a tube) |
| comp., MS | remote device wipe | מחיקה ממכשיר מרוחק (A technology that enables the Exchange server to set a mobile device to erase all data the next time the device connects to the Exchange server) |
| comp., MS | Restricted Device Access Model | מודל גישה מוגבלת למכשיר (The device access model for vertical solutions. Restricted Device Access does not allow other applications to access a specialized device) |
| comp., MS | SerialKey device | התקן קלט טורי (Enables you to attach an alternate input device (also called an augmentative communication device) to your computer's serial port. This feature is designed for people who are unable to use the computer's standard keyboard and mouse) |
| comp., MS | single quorum device server cluster | אשכול שרתים עם התקן quorum יחיד (A cluster configuration that has two or more nodes and that is configured so that every node is attached to one or more cluster storage device. The cluster configuration data is stored on a single cluster storage device. There are advantages and limitations for each cluster configuration (single node server cluster, single quorum device server cluster, and majority node set server cluster)) |
| comp., MS | single switch device | התקן מתג יחיד (An assistive computer technology for people with mobility impairments. A single switch device allows users to interact with a computer by using slight body movements) |
| comp., MS | smart device | התקן חכם (A hardware device based on the Windows Embedded CE operating system or a derivative such as Windows Mobile or Windows Automotive) |
| comp., MS | specialized device | מכשיר מיוחד (A new type of device that we don't have built-in support for in Windows) |
| comp., MS | Specialized Device Access Model | מודל גישה למכשיר מיוחד (The model that describes the two ways that a Windows Store app can access a specialized device: Open Access Model and Restricted Device Access Model) |
| comp., MS | static virtual device driver | מנהל התקן וירטואלי סטטי (A virtual device driver (VxD) that is statically loaded during system startup. A static VxD can be loaded in a number of different ways, including device enumeration by the Plug and Play (PnP)static device enumerator) |
| comp., MS | storage device | התקן אחסון (A device that you can connect to a computer to copy and store files. Common storage devices include external hard disk drives and flash memory cards) |
| comp., MS | system device | התקן מערכת (A device on a system board, such as an interrupt controller, keyboard controller, real-time clock, DMA page register, DMA controller, memory controller, FDC, IDE port, serial and parallel port, PCI bridge, and so on. In today's PCs, these devices are typically integrated in the supporting chip set) |
| comp., MS | target device | התקן יעד (" A device that receives an action specified by the OneCare administrator. For example, an external hard drive that is the designated the place for file backup would be considered to be the "target device" of the backup function. ") |
| comp., MS | telephone device for the deaf | מכשיר טלפון לחירשים (A device that enables the transmission of typed messages over phone lines. These devices typically include keyboards for typing messages to send and display and/or printers to receive messages from one device to another) |
| comp., MS | virtual display device driver | מנהל התקן תצוגה וירטואלי (Software in Windows 9x that manages a display) |
| comp., MS | volume snapshot device | התקן תמונת מצב של אמצעי אחסון (A virtual device created by System Restore that is needed to set a system restore point) |
| comp., MS | Web-enabled InfoPath form for mobile devices | טופס InfoPath מותאם דפדפן למכשירים ניידים (A form that can be opened and filled in on a mobile device, like a PDA or smartphone) |
| comp., MS | Windows Media Device Manager | מנהל המכשירים של Windows Media (An element in Microsoft Windows Media that acts as a broker between an application, the Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) system, and the service provider. All communication requests between the application and the portable audio player must go through Microsoft Windows Media Device Manager) |
| comp., MS | Windows Portable Device API | API של מכשירים ניידים עבור Windows (An API that provides access to digital still cameras, media players, and multi-function cellular phones that implement Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)) |
| comp., MS | Windows Store device app | אפליקציית מכשיר של חנות Windows (An app that's downloaded from the Windows Store and installed automatically to the PC when a user attaches a certified device to the PC, provided that the device manufacturer has submitted the app to the Windows Store) |