(engineering) A piece of equipment that operates in conjunction with and under the control of a central system, such as a computer or control system, but is not part of the system itself.
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Any peripheral device that is not housed inside the computer cabinet. Monitors, keyboards, mice and printers are inherently external devices; however, drives, network adapters and modems may also be external. See external drive, external modem and USB adapter.
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