peripheral device

Noun
  1. Electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer (synset 103922839)
    "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
    subtypes:
    • data input device, input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device
    • output device - electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds, or other media
    • printer - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
    is a part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically
    same as: computer peripheral, peripheral

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