Device
A device is a physical IT resource upon which system software and artifacts may be stored or deployed for execution.

A device is a specialization of a node that represents a physical IT resource with processing capability. It is typically used to model hardware systems such as mainframes, PCs, or routers.

Usually, they are part of a node together with system software. Devices may be composite; i.e., consist of sub-devices.

Devices can be interconnected by networks. Devices can be assigned to artifacts and to system software, to model that artifacts and system software are deployed on that device.

A node can contain one or more devices.

The name of a device should preferably be a noun referring to the type of hardware; e.g., "IBM System z mainframe".

Different icons may be used to distinguish between different types of devices; e.g. mainframes and PCs.

: Device (architecture_autodiagram)
Figure 115 : Device (architecture_autodiagram)
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