English noun: peripheral device |
1. | peripheral device (artifact) (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer |
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| Samples | Disk drives and printers are important peripherals.
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| Synonyms | computer peripheral, peripheral |
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| Broader (hypernym) | electronic equipment |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | data input device, input device, output device, printer |
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| Part meronym | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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