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Noun: peripheral device
  1. (computing) electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
    - peripheral, computer peripheral

Derived forms: peripheral devices

Type of: electronic equipment

Part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

Encyclopedia: Peripheral device

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