peripheral

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
  • Adjective:
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
    related to the key issue but not of central importance

Word Origin

peripheral (adj.)
1803, from periphery + -al (1). An earlier formation was peripherial (1670s). Related: Peripherally. As a noun, peripherals, "peripheral devices of a computer," is from 1966.

Synonym

Example

1. • These disappointing projections are not limited to the struggling peripheral economies .
2. Bootle believes it 's likely that peripheral countries will begin to split off one by one .
3. Germany and the northern nations used their economic advantages to flood the peripheral nations with their goods and services .
4. That 's where yahoo has been toiling for years -- on the peripheral web .
5. Street protests would remain a recurrent theme , especially in the peripheral economies .

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