The standard tricorder is a general-purpose device used primarily to scout unfamiliar areas, make detailed examination of living things, and record and review technical data.

In addition to the above general-purpose devices, there are several classes of signal generators designed for specific applications.

It's not a general-purpose device; it's a set of applications running on top of Windows Vista.

Norman believes computers are hopelessly complicated because they are general-purpose devices, able to do anything from writing a letter to designing a chip.

It's a general-purpose device that can do anything it wants to.

According to this alleged paradigm, the mind is a general-purpose cognitive device shaped almost entirely by culture.

Software tokens are stored on a general-purpose electronic device such as a desktop computer, laptop, PDA, or mobile phone.

Digital computers, being general-purpose programmable devices, were soon applied to control of industrial processes.

The 32-bit chip executes artificial intelligence programs more efficiently than the general-purpose devices.

Application-specific integrated circuit, an integrated circuit (IC) developed for a particular use, as opposed to a general-purpose device.