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English
Noun
peripheral device (plural peripheral devices)
- (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.
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device that is outside the computer's system unit
- 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 (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
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