Meaning of peripheral

Definition of peripheral

(adj) on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"
related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"
(noun) electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

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