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  2. Peripheral - Wikipedia

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    A peripheral device, or simply peripheral, is an auxiliary hardware device that a computer uses to transfer information externally. [1] A peripheral is a hardware component that is accessible to and controlled by a computer but is not a core component of the computer.

  3. Internet of things - Wikipedia

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    California's SB-327 Information privacy: connected devices "would require a manufacturer of a connected device, as those terms are defined, to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device, appropriate to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and ...

  4. Node (networking) - Wikipedia

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    A physical network node is an electronic device that is attached to a network, and is capable of creating, receiving, or transmitting information over a communication channel. [1] In data communication, a physical network node may either be data communication equipment (such as a modem , hub , bridge or switch ) or data terminal equipment (such ...

  5. Smart device - Wikipedia

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    A smart device is an electronic device, generally connected to other devices or networks via different wireless protocols (such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, near-field communication, Wi-Fi, NearLink, Li-Fi, or 5G) that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously.

  6. Nearables - Wikipedia

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    To create a nearable, one must attach an electronic device, working as both a sensor and a transmitter, to an object. Since the only limitation is the size of the device, both items and living beings can act as nearables. The most often cited examples, however, include retail and home automation environments. [8]

  7. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    An electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system. touchpad. Also trackpad. A pointing device consisting of specialized surface that can translate the motion and position of a user's fingers or a stylus to a relative position on a screen. [7] TV ...

  8. Storage area network - Wikipedia

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    A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage.SANs are primarily used to access data storage devices, such as disk arrays and tape libraries from servers so that the devices appear to the operating system as direct-attached storage.

  9. Talk:Peripheral - Wikipedia

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    By "directly connected", I mean the hard drive's onboard controller showed up as I/O ports in the CPU's I/O port space. In those days ISA was the only I/O bus we had. Later ISA slots were implemented via a bus bridge from the PCIbus. Does that somehow change the status of devices attached to ISA slots? Nonsense.