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In the philosophy of technology, the device paradigm is the way "technological devices" are perceived and consumed in modern society, according to Albert Borgmann. It explains the intimate relationship between people, things and technological devices, defining most economic relations and also shapes social and moral relations in general.
This pattern constitutes a paradigm that understands technology mainly in terms of devices, thus the “device paradigm.” Our seeing technology as device—simply means, with a shrinking perception of ends—endangers “focal things and practices” which are meant to “center and illuminate our lives” (4).
Heidegger's enframing became Borgmann's Device paradigm, which explains the intimate relationship between people, things and technological devices. [ 16 ] Claudio Ciborra developed another interpretation, which focused on the analyses of the Information System infrastructure using the concept of Gestell. [ 17 ]
Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry (1984) is a landmark text in the philosophy of technology. Borgmann claims that technological devices are not value-neutral and counsels us to discover the good life in a technological world through what he calls "focal things and practices," which engage us in their own right.
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The term "design paradigm" is used within the design professions, including architecture, industrial design and engineering design, to indicate an archetypal solution. Thus a Swiss Army Knife is a design paradigm illustrating the concept of a single object that changes configuration to address a number of problems.
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The computer sends data to an output device; examples: monitor, printer, headphones, and speakers; The computer sends and receives data via an input/output device; examples: storage device (such as disk drive, solid-state drive, USB flash drive, memory card and tape drive), modem, router, gateway and network adapter