PERIPHERAL DEVICE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
   
   Synonym(s)
   • computer peripheral (what does computer peripheral mean?)
   • peripheral (what does peripheral mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • disk drives and printers are important peripherals
   
   Hypernyms(s) peripheral device is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • electronic equipment (what does electronic equipment mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • printer (what does printer mean?)