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Peripheral - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Peripheral : adj
1: on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the
outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces";
"peripheral suburbs" [ant: central]
2: related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a
peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral
issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"
(noun)
1: (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable
to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are
important peripherals" [syn: computer peripheral, peripheral
device]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Peripheral : \Pe*riph"er*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery;
peripheric.
2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral
portion of the nervous system.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Peripheral :
(Or "peripheral device", "device") Any part of a
computer other than the CPU or working memory,
i.e. disks, keyboards, monitors, mice, printers,
scanners, tape drives, microphones, speakers,
cameras, to list just the less exotic ones.
High speed working memory, such as RAM, ROM or, in the
old days, core would not normally be referred to as
peripherals. The more modern term "device" is also more
general in that it is used for things such as a pseudo-tty,
a RAM drive, or a network adaptor.
Some argue that, since the advent of the personal computer,
the motherboard, hard disk, keyboard, mouse, and monitor
are all parts of the base system, and only use the term
"peripheral" for optional additional components.
(2002-09-03)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Peripheral : Peripheral: Situated away from the center, as opposed to centrally located.
For example, peripheral vision means the type of vision that allows one to see objects that are not in the center of one's visual field.
The word "peripheral" comes from the Greek "peripheria" ("peri-", around or about _ "pherein", to bear, carry). An IV (intravenous) catheter is a peripheral line.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Peripheral |
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