Talk:Peripheral

message: I am not great with this whole thing but I think this page should be either renamed peripheral device or at least have the periphery disambiguation link at the top. I came here looking for a desciription of peripheral in the context of something in the periphery of an area. I will try my best to add the disambiguation but may not be able to.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2406:9A00:0:107:203:144:40:153 (talk) 00:26, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Peripheral]] Disambiguation Needed 

message: Peripheral (this article) should be renamed to Computer peripheral. Also, I have proposed to rename :Category: Computer device to :Category: Computer peripherals (see Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2005_December_19#Category:Computer_device_to_Category:Computer_peripherals). Mirror Vax 19:05, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, this article needs to be re-written or renamed, because "peripherials" can expand well beyond just consumer computers. For example from the perspective of a phone SOIC the IMU could be considered a "peripheral" 162.18.172.11 (talk) 16:21, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming 

message: I would like to draw the attention that the definition disagrees with the webopedia definition.  Monitors are peripherals. Computers are able to function without the need of a monitor even though u would not be able to view the output :-) ! Maltesedog 12:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monitors? 

message: Aren't CDs and such storage not peripherals, but rather the individual CD DRIVE?
technically aren't the CDs and DVDs used IN/WITH the peripheral? --FranzSS 03:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  CD/DVD/etc... 

message: (not meant to be a serious talk page content, just side-notes for referencing)
* Be Alert there might be a controversy on all media-related devices are peripherals, but not necessarily Computer Peripheral, because they are sort of a "viewing device" and generally speaking they are Computer Dependant. (e.g. upgrading, modding, a lot of them require downloading contents from the internet to removable media, then transfer the installation process to the Devices. 
**When I say media-related devices, I refer to Consoles Games, Handheld consoles....etc.
Networking Devices somewhat controversial, I think standalone networking devices are peripherals. However, if they are built collectively to build an infrastructure they probably belongs to others type of Computing.
"SOHO Home Networking", "Multimedia Home Networking" or other networking infrastructures.
--75.154.186.241 (talk) 09:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Stop inventing controversy. - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 14:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Off Topic

message: This article is very poorly written indeed. It reads as though it has been written by a non-native speaker or a semi-literate native speaker. It feels like a rough draft transposed directly from a few vague pencil jottings scribbled on the side of a matchbox over after-dinner drinks. Come on folks, this may not be a properly published encyclopaedia, but surely writers here should be endeavouring to establish and maintain some degree of competence in their compositions?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.12.165.129 (talk) 13:21, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: My first boss told me that if you don't have a suggestion for improvement, then you should keep criticism to yourself. Words to live by I think. IMO, minimum is specifics for improvement. Better is you get off your duff and fix it. Least appreciated is hyperbolic criticism. Stevebroshar (talk) 19:20, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shoddy article 

message: List of computer peripheral companies has been in CAT:NN for over 5 years. It isn't likely to be kept if taken to AfD, but a merge here is a suitable WP:ATD, plus there is room in this article for the list. Boleyn (talk) 17:36, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: AfDed. Not really anything useful to merge, and no comments here for almost a year. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of computer peripheral companies.  BilCat (talk) 17:31, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal: [[List of computer peripheral companies]] to here 

message: Before I add these the article, I thought I would run them past the brains trust:
* Attachment methods, e.g. on-board card, connectors on the case, wireless...
* Specialist peripherals, e.g. 
** medical peripherals (everything from watches that monitor the heart rate) to implanted pacemakers;
** engineering peripherals, e.g. engine management chips;
** farming, e.g. chips that track health and production of dairy cattle;
** (what else?)
* Standards for connecting peripherals to the computer, e.g. PCI, PCI Express, ISA, SCSI, USB
Thoughts?--Gronk Oz (talk) 11:29, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: so... three lists: attaching, kinds/types, and standards for attaching (which seems somewhat same as first) ... Doesn't seem very valuable to me. I think example lists are low value in general. Stevebroshar (talk) 19:24, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideas for expansion