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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pe·riph·er·al / pəˈrifərəl/ • adj. of, relating to, or situated on the edge or periphery of something: the peripheral areas of Europe. ∎ of secondary or minor importance; marginal: she will see their problems as peripheral to her own. ∎ (of a device) able to be attached to and used with a computer, although not an integral part of it. ∎ Anat. near the surface of the body, with special reference to the circulation and nervous system: lymphocytes from peripheral blood. • n. Comput. a peripheral device. DERIVATIVES: pe·riph·er·al·i·ty / -ˌrifəˈralitē/ n. pe·riph·er·al·i·za·tion / pəˌrifərəliˈzāshən/ n. pe·riph·er·al·ize / -ˌīz/ v. pe·riph·er·al·ly adv.

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peripheral

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peripheral Any device, including I/O devices and backing store, that is connected to a computer. The term originated in the mainframe era when all the computing was centralized and the input/output functions were attached around the periphery of the installation. Since the advent of smaller cheaper computers, printers, etc., the term peripheral is seldom used.

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peripheral

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

peripheral •apparel, barrel, carol, Carole, carrel, Carroll, Darrell, Darryl, Farrell •gambrel • spandrel •astral, plastral •cracker-barrel •Errol, feral •petrel, petrol •spectral •central, epicentral, ventral •ancestral, kestrel, orchestral •dextral • Sacheverell • mayoral •sacral • wastrel • cerebral •anhedral, cathedral, dihedral, tetrahedral •hypaethral (US hypethral), urethral •squirrel, Tyrol, Wirral •timbrel, whimbrel •minstrel • arbitral • sinistral • integral •triumviral •spiral, viral •amoral, Balmoral, coral, immoral, laurel, moral, quarrel, sorel, sorrel •cockerel, Cockerell •dotterel • rostral •aboral, aural, choral, floral, goral, oral •austral, claustral •scoundrel • cloistral • neutral • figural •augural •demurral, Durrell •mongrel • sepulchral • lustral •spheral • retiral •crural, jural, mural, neural, plural, rural •illiberal, liberal •natural • federal • peripheral •doggerel • mackerel • pickerel •bicameral, unicameral •admiral •ephemeral, femoral •humeral, numeral •general • mineral • funeral •spatio-temporal, temporal •corporal • tesseral • visceral •bilateral, collateral, equilateral, lateral, multilateral, quadrilateral, trilateral, unilateral •pastoral •electoral, pectoral, prefectoral, protectoral •clitoral, literal, littoral, presbyteral •dipteral, peripteral •doctoral • several • behavioural •conferral, deferral, referral, transferral

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