-- card: 58645 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 12438 -- name: -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- device -- part contents for background part 13 ----- text ----- (1) A hardware component of a computer system, such as a video monitor, a disk drive, or a printer. Also called a peripheral device because such equipment is often physically separate from, but attached to, the computer. (2) A part of the computer, or a piece of external equipment, that can transfer information. -- part contents for background part 11 ----- text ----- Glossary