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integrated peripheral Last modified: Wednesday, July 18, 2001

A term used to describe a peripheral device that is housed within the main container of the computer. These internal devices -- such as a CD-ROM drive or an internal Zip drive -- are in contrast to external peripheral devices -- such as a keyboard, mouse or printer.