peripheral device

English

Noun

peripheral device (plural peripheral devices)

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.

Synonyms

peripheral

Hyponyms

I/O device
- human interface device
  - keyboard
  - mouse
external disk drive

Translations

device that is outside the computer's system unit

Chinese:
Mandarin: 外部設備, 外部设备 (wàibù shèbèi), 外設 (zh), 外设 (zh) (wàishè), 周邊設備, 周边设备 (zhōuwéi shèbèi) (Taiwan), 外圍設備, 外围设备 (wàiwéi shèbèi) (mainland China)
Finnish: oheislaite (fi)
French: périphérique informatique m, périphérique (fr) m
German: Peripheriegerät n
Hungarian: periféria (hu), perifériás eszköz
Indonesian: perangkat periferal, peranti periferal
Irish: gléas forimeallach m
Japanese: 周辺機器 (しゅうへんきき, shūhen kiki)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: periferenhet m
Polish: urządzenie peryferyjne (pl) n
Portuguese: periférico (pt) m
Romanian: aparat periferic n, unitate periferică f, dispozitiv periferic n
Russian: перифери́йное устро́йство (ru) n (periferíjnoje ustrójstvo)
Spanish: periférico m, dispositivo periférico m
Vietnamese: thiết bị ngoại vi

See also

interface
- SCSI
- USB
sub-system

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