peripheral device

English

Noun

peripheral device (plural peripheral devices)

1. (computer hardware) 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

Hyponyms

• I/O device
  • human interface device
    • keyboard
    • mouse
• external disk drive

Translations

device that is outside the computer's system unit

• Azerbaijani: periferiya qurğusu sg, periferiya qurğuları pl
• Catalan: perifèric (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外部設備／外部设备 (wàibù shèbèi), 外設／外设 (zh) (wàishè), 周邊設備／周边设备 (zhōuwéi shèbèi) (Taiwan), 外圍設備／外围设备 (wàiwéi shèbèi) (mainland China)

• Esperanto: flankaparato
• Finnish: oheislaite (fi)
• French: périphérique informatique m, périphérique (fr) m
• German: Peripheriegerät n
• Greek: περιφεριακή συσκευή f (periferiakí syskeví)
• Hungarian: periféria (hu), perifériás eszköz, (if the computer context is clear) eszköz (hu)
• Indonesian: perangkat periferal, peranti periferal
• Irish: gléas forimeallach m
• Japanese: 周辺機器 (ja) (しゅうへんきき, shūhen kiki)
• Korean: 주변장치 (jubyeonjangchi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: periferenhet m

• Polish: urządzenie peryferyjne (pl) n
• Portuguese: periférico (pt) m
• Romanian: aparat periferic n, unitate periferică f, dispozitiv periferic n
• Russian: перифери́йное устро́йство (ru) n (periferíjnoje ustrójstvo)
• Spanish: periférico (es) m, dispositivo periférico m
• Vietnamese: thiết bị ngoại vi
• Welsh: dyfais berifferol f

See also

• interface
  • SCSI
  • USB
• sub-system