peripheral
Plugs into computer
Peripheral means at the edge or boundary rather than the center.
Peripheral vision is what you see at the outer edges of your visual field.
Peripheral concerns are secondary to the main issue.
In computing, a peripheral is any device connected to a computer but not part of its core—printers, keyboards, monitors, external drives: The store sells computers and peripherals.
Boundary or sharpness
- marginEdge of a page
- borderOuter edge or limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- boundaryLine marking a limit
outskirts · fringe · outer · rim · circumference · surrounding · external · outermost
Barely adequate
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
- minorScale with lowered third
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- ancillaryProviding additional support
subsidiary · supplementary · auxiliary · secondary · nonessential · unimportant · negligible · subordinate
Constructed tool or machine
- mouseSmall gnawing mammal
- keyboardArray of input keys
- printerMachine producing paper copies
- scannerDevice that reads data
monitor · webcam · headset · speakers · microphone · USB · dongle · hub
Extent one sees simultaneously
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- detectionAct of finding something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- rodsThin cylindrical shafts
photoreceptors · retina · saccade · eye movement · glance · glimpse · horizon · surroundings
edge
Boundary or sharpness
boundary · outskirts · fringe · outer · rim · circumference · surrounding · external · outermost · distant
marginal
Barely adequate
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
- minorScale with lowered third
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
ancillary · subsidiary · supplementary · auxiliary · secondary · nonessential · unimportant · negligible · subordinate · collateral
device
Constructed tool or machine
scanner · monitor · webcam · headset · speakers · microphone · USB · dongle · hub · port
field of view
Extent one sees simultaneously
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- detectionAct of finding something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
rods · photoreceptors · retina · saccade · eye movement · glance · glimpse · horizon · surroundings · panoramic
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- location wordshere, there, where, north, south
- spatial adjectivesupper, lower, inner, outer, front
- spatial termscrowded, empty, spacious, cramped, open
- extrasextra, add-ons, add-on, extras, addition
- low-prioritylow-priority, nonessential, noncritical, deferrable, secondary
peripheralcentral
In the middle, primary
core · essential · main · primary · fundamental
- the peripheryOuter edge area
- peripheral nerveNerve outside brain, cord
- peripheral visionSight at edges
- computer peripheralsExternal connected hardware devices
- USB peripheralHardware connecting via universal port
- peripheral deviceExternal computer hardware
periphery, peripherally, peripherals, peripheries, peripheral vision, peripheral device, peripheral devices