Devices require names and as a rule I use Italian words. I do not speak Italian, so its main advantage is Latin alphabet without diacritic marks. In case of several devices of the same type Roman numerals are added.
| Fusto | shaft, trunk | stand-alone hard drive |
| Scrigno | chest | portable hard drive | |
| Gemma | bud, gem | flash drive |
| Petalo | petal | iPod |
| Foglia | leaf | Pocket PC |
| Specchio | mirror | iPad |
| Radice | root | mobile |
| Frutto | fruit | iPhone |
| Bosco | forest | WiFi router |
And my laptops are named Meurglys I, Meurglys II, Meurglys III after
the guitars of Peter Hammill, by-turn borrowing the name of Ganelon’s sword from «The Song of Roland».