Devices connected to a computer (like keyboards, mice, or printers) that aren't the main processor; also anything on the outer edge or edge area.
From 'peripheral,' derived from Late Latin 'peripheria,' from Greek 'peri-' (around) and '-pher-' (to carry or bear). The computing usage is modern, extending the spatial meaning to technology.
The word 'peripherals' shows how tech vocabulary gets created—computer scientists took an ancient Greek word literally meaning 'things carried around the edge' and applied it to devices around a computer's edge, making a 2,000-year-old Greek term describe modern technology!
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