COMPUTER PERIPHERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer peripheral mean? 

• COMPUTER PERIPHERAL (noun)
  The noun COMPUTER PERIPHERAL has 1 sense:

1. electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer

  Familiarity information: COMPUTER PERIPHERAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER PERIPHERAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

computer peripheral; peripheral; peripheral device

Context example:

disk drives and printers are important peripherals

Hypernyms ("computer peripheral" is a kind of...):

electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer peripheral"):

data input device; input device (a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device)

output device (electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds, or other media)

printer ((computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing)

Holonyms ("computer peripheral" is a part of...):

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)