peripheral device
noun1
Computer hardware, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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
- Related terms
- SCSI, USB, interface, sub-system
- Hyponyms
- keyboard, mouse, human interface device, I, O device, external disk drive