"peripheral device" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peripheral devices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: peripheral device Categories (topical): Computer hardware Synonyms: peripheral Hyponyms: external disk drive Hyponyms (human interface device): keyboard, mouse Related terms: sub-system Related terms (interface): SCSI, USB Translations (device that is outside the computer's system unit): perifèric [masculine] (Catalan), 外部設備 (Chinese Mandarin), 外部设备 (wàibù shèbèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 外設 (Chinese Mandarin), 外设 (wàishè) (Chinese Mandarin), 周邊設備 (Chinese Mandarin), 周边设备 (zhōuwéi shèbèi) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 外圍設備 (Chinese Mandarin), 外围设备 (wàiwéi shèbèi) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), flankaparato (Esperanto), oheislaite (Finnish), périphérique informatique [masculine] (French), périphérique [masculine] (French), Peripheriegerät [neuter] (German), περιφεριακή συσκευή (periferiakí syskeví) [feminine] (Greek), periféria (Hungarian), perifériás eszköz (Hungarian), eszköz (english: if the computer context is clear) (Hungarian), perangkat periferal (Indonesian), peranti periferal (Indonesian), gléas forimeallach [masculine] (Irish), 周辺機器 (shūhen kiki) (alt: しゅうへんきき) (Japanese), 주변장치 (jubyeonjangchi) (Korean), periferenhet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), urządzenie peryferyjne [neuter] (Polish), periférico [masculine] (Portuguese), aparat periferic [neuter] (Romanian), unitate periferică [feminine] (Romanian), dispozitiv periferic [neuter] (Romanian), перифери́йное устро́йство (periferíjnoje ustrójstvo) [neuter] (Russian), periférico [masculine] (Spanish), dispositivo periférico [masculine] (Spanish), thiết bị ngoại vi (Vietnamese), dyfais berifferol [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "periferíjnoje ustrójstvo",
          "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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          "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "word": "perifèric"
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "外部設備"
    },
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      "roman": "wàibù shèbèi",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "外設"
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      "roman": "wàishè",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "外设"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "周邊設備"
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      "roman": "zhōuwéi shèbèi",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "外圍設備"
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      "roman": "wàiwéi shèbèi",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "word": "périphérique informatique"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "word": "Peripheriegerät"
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      "roman": "periferiakí syskeví",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "word": "περιφεριακή συσκευή"
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "periféria"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "roman": "shūhen kiki",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "周辺機器"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jubyeonjangchi",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "주변장치"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "word": "periferenhet"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
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      "word": "urządzenie peryferyjne"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "periférico"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aparat periferic"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "unitate periferică"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dispozitiv periferic"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "periferíjnoje ustrójstvo",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перифери́йное устро́йство"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "periférico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dispositivo periférico"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "word": "thiết bị ngoại vi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device that is outside the computer's system unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyfais berifferol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peripheral device"
}

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