Well the term computing device predates all this silliness that has come up surrounding portable computers. Device is a more generic term though. Like calling a

Well the term computing device predates all this silliness that has come up surrounding portable computers. Device is a more generic term though. Like calling a separate piece of hardware that also likely turning complete in multiple ways in the context of drivers a device is perfectly normal. Also just take the name AMD it stands for advance micro devices.