Defenition of the word peripheral device
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Defenition of the word peripheral device
- A device attached to a host computer but not part of it, and is more or less dependent on the host.
- (computer science) devices connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
- (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
- (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
Synonyms for the word peripheral device
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- computer peripheral
- peripheral
Meronymys for the word peripheral device
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- computer
- computing device
- computing machine
- data processor
- electronic computer
- information processing system
Hyponyms for the word peripheral device
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- data input device
- input device
- output device
- printer
Hypernyms for the word peripheral device
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