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Noun Concept
Categories: Electronics stubs, Computer peripherals
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peripheral  computer peripheral  peripheral device  computer accessory  Computer interface device
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Electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer Open English WordNet
A peripheral device, or simply peripheral, is an auxiliary hardware device used to transfer information into and out of a computer. Wikipedia
Computer hardware Wikipedia Disambiguation
An external device attached to a computer Wikipedia Disambiguation
Hardware device which attaches to a computer and provides input, output, storage or communication facilities Wikidata
A device attached to a host computer but not part of it, and is more or less dependent on the host. OmegaWiki
A peripheral device. Wiktionary
An electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is connected, such as a printer or a scanner. Wiktionary
Device that is outside the computer's system unit. Wiktionary (translation)
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Disk drives and printers are important peripherals WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet