More specifically, they provided a software abstraction, through APIs, called device drivers.

更具体地说，他们通过 API 提供了一个软件抽象，称为设备驱动程序。

And I called so many companies again and again, talking with secretaries, talking with other people, just saying, " Do you want to go to this seminar about..." some electronic device that they had recently bought.

凡妮莎：我一次又一次地打电话给很多公司， 与秘书交谈， 与其他人交谈，只是说，“你想参加这个研讨会关于… … ” 他们最近购买的一些电子设备。

And so there's a tool that is very counterintuitive called a " commitment device" that you can use, which means basically putting money on the line or forfeiting something else you value if you fail to achieve your goal.

因此，你可以使用一种叫做“承诺装置”的非常反直觉的工具，这意味着，如果你不能实现自己的目标，基本上就得把钱押上去，或者是放弃其它你所看重的东西。

But in healthcare terms, they are called a medical device and, in many languages, other than English, they are often described as a prosthesis, an artificial part of the body, part of you, making your spectacles is therefore your major decision.

但在医疗保健术语中， 它们被称为医疗设备，在英语以外的许多语言中， 它们通常被描述为假肢， 身体的人造部分，你的一部分， 因此制作眼镜是你的主要决定。