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peripheral device
peripheral device or peripheral unitn (Computer Science) computing any device, such as a disk, printer, modem, or screen, concerned with input/output, storage, etc. Often shortened to: peripheral Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  peripheral device - (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"computer peripheral, peripheralcomputer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automaticallydata input device, input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational deviceelectronic 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 mediaprinter - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processingcomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
peripheral device
peripheral device[pə′rif·ərel di‚vīs] (computer science) Any device connected internally or externally to a computer and used to enter or display data, such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor, scanner, and printer. peripheral deviceperipheralMedicalSeeperipheralperipheral device
Synonyms for peripheral devicenoun (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computerSynonyms- computer peripheral
- peripheral
Related Words- computer
- computing device
- computing machine
- data processor
- electronic computer
- information processing system
- data input device
- input device
- electronic equipment
- output device
- printer
- computer science
- computing
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