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Definition: Peripheral Device |
Peripheral DeviceNoun1. (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Peripheral device peripheral. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peripheral device."
Synonyms: Peripheral DeviceSynonyms: computer peripheral (n), peripheral (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Peripheral Device |
| English words defined with "peripheral device": device driver, driver ♦ offload ♦ spool. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "peripheral device": Adaptec, Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface ♦ bit twiddling, buffered input/output ♦ floppy disk drive, floppy disk unit ♦ green machine ♦ magnetic tape drive, mmap, Multiplexor Channel ♦ null modem ♦ SCSI target, state transitions and changes. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
peripheral device | 18 |
computer peripheral device | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "peripheral device"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | perifert udstyr (peripheral, peripheral equipment), ydre enhed (peripheral, peripheral equipment, satellite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | periferie-apparatuur (peripheral, peripheral equipment), randapparatuur (peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripherals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oheislaitteisto (peripheral, peripheral equipment), oheislaite (peripheral, peripheral equipment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | périphérique (peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripheral unit), unité périphérique (peripheral, peripheral equipment), organe périphérique (peripheral, peripheral equipment), appareil périphérique (peripheral, peripheral equipment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Peripheriegerät (peripheral, peripheral equipment), periphere Einheit (peripheral, peripheral equipment), zusatzgerät (accessory unit, add on, ancillary attachment, attachment, auxiliary attachment, peripheral, special attachment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιφερειακό (peripheral, peripheral equipment, physical unit, the hardware of a node in an SNA-addressable unit), περιφερειακή συσκευή (peripheral, peripheral equipment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | periferica (peripheral, peripheral equipment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eripheralpay eviceday periférico (peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripheral hardware, periphery), equipamento periférico (peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripheral hardware, periphery). (various references) periférico (outlying, peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripheral hardware, periphery, ringroad, ringway), equipo periférico (peripheral, peripheral equipment), dispositivo periférico. (various references) perifer utrustning (peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripherals), kringutrustning (peripheral, peripheral equipment, peripherals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-e-h-i-i-l-p-p-r-r-v" | |
-5 letters: apperceived, cheerleader. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 70 68 65 72 61 6C 44 65 76 69 63 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i p h e r a l   D e v i c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 0070 0068 0065 0072 0061 006C 0044 0065 0076 0069 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507184758274718467782387188756971 |
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