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friendly name

friendly name noun: the everyday name of a hardware device, displayed to the user instead of the internal or technical designation.

Noun

friendly name (plural friendly names)

  1. (Microsoft Windows) The everyday name of a hardware device, displayed to the user instead of the internal or technical designation.

Forms of friendly name

pluralfriendly names

Questions about friendly name

What does friendly name mean?
Friendly name means the everyday name of a hardware device, displayed to the user instead of the internal or technical designation.
What part of speech is friendly name?
Friendly name is a noun.
What is the plural of friendly name?
The plural of friendly name is friendly names.

Words near friendly name in the dictionary

  1. Friendly Islands
  2. friendly lead
  3. friendly leads
  4. friendly match
  5. friendly matches
  6. friendly name
  7. friendly names
  8. friendly number
  9. friendly numbers
  10. friendly societies
  11. friendly society

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