A game controller, gaming controller, or simply controller, is an input device used with video games or entertainment systems to provide input to a video game, typically to control an object or character in the game. Before the seventh generation of video game consoles, plugging in a controller into one of a console's controller ports was the primary means of using a game …

An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into a human-perceptible form or, historically, into a physical machine-readable form for use with other non-computerized equipment. It can be text, graphics, tactile, audio, or video.Examples include monitors, printers, speakers, headphones, projectors, GPS devices, optical mark readers, and …

A peripheral or peripheral device is an auxiliary device used to put information into and get information out of a computer. The term peripheral device refers to all hardware components that are attached to a computer and are controlled by the computer system, but they are not the core components of the computer, such as the CPU or power supply unit.In other words, peripherals …

Device, a colloquial term encompassing desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc. Device file, an interface of a device driver; Peripheral, any device attached to a computer that expands its functionality; Warfare. Improvised explosive device (IED) Nuclear weapon; Other uses in technology. Appliance, a device for a particular task

USB On-The-Go (USB OTG or just OTG) is a specification first used in late 2001 that allows USB devices, such as tablets or smartphones, to act as a host, allowing other USB devices, such as USB flash drives, digital cameras, mouse or keyboards, to be attached to them.Use of USB OTG allows those devices to switch back and forth between the roles of host and device.

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI, / ˈ s k ʌ z i / SKUZ-ee) is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices.The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, electrical, optical and logical interfaces.The SCSI standard defines command sets for specific peripheral device types; the presence of …

USRP. More recently, [when?] the GNU Radio using primarily the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) uses a USB 2.0 interface, an FPGA, and a high-speed set of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, combined with reconfigurable free software.Its sampling and synthesis bandwidth (30-120 MHz) is a thousand times that of PC sound cards, which enables …

Peripheral DMA controller; Floppy disk controller; Disk array controller, also known as a RAID controller, a type of storage controller; Flash controller, or SSD controller, which manages flash memory; Terminal Access Controller; IBM 2821 Control Unit, used to attach card readers, punches and line printers to IBM System/360 and IBM System/370 ...

A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to stop the flow of blood. It may be used in emergencies, in surgery, or in post-operative rehabilitation.. A simple tourniquet can be made from a stick and a rope, but the use of makeshift tourniquets has been reduced over time due to their ineffectiveness compared to a commercial and …

The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a synchronous serial communication interface specification used for short-distance communication, primarily in embedded systems.The interface was developed by Motorola in the mid-1980s and has become a de facto standard.Typical applications include Secure Digital cards and liquid crystal displays.. SPI devices communicate …