peripheral device

peripheral device, unit

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing any device, such as a disk, printer, modem, or screen, concerned with input/output, storage, etc. Often shortened to peripheral

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peripheral device - (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" computer peripheral, peripheral computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically data input device, input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device electronic equipment - equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) 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 computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures