1. (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; - Example: "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" [syn: peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
computer peripheral
n 1: (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable
to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are
important peripherals" [syn: peripheral, computer
peripheral, peripheral device]