noun
- Computer science. ( electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer)
- usage: "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
- synonyms: computer peripheral, peripheral device
adjective
- On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area.
- usage: "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"
- Related to the key issue but not of central importance.
- usage: "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"
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