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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

peripheral

A hardware device which can be plugged into the computer to perform some additional function, for example, a disk drive, a printer, a keyboard or monitor.

Related terms
readyinterfaceswitchmultiprocessorsmall computer systems interface (SCSI)bufferoutput deviceBluetoothwirelessinterrupt
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