peripheral

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I - noun

(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
• Topics:
computer science, computing
• Hypernyms:
electronic equipment
• Hyponyms:
data input device, input device, output device, printer
• Part Holonyms:
computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

II - adjective

1. on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary;
the outer area (Freq. 2)
- Russia's peripheral provinces
- peripheral suburbs
• Ant:
central
• Similar to:
circumferential, fringy, marginal, encircling, skirting, off-base
• Derivationally related forms:
periphery
2. related to the key issue but not of central importance (Freq. 1)
- a peripheral interest
- energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy
- peripheral issues
• Similar to:
incidental, incident

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  computer peripheral, peripheral device