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peripheral device
(redirected from Physical device)

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peripheral device

See peripheral.


peripheral device [pə′rif·ərel di‚vīs]
(computer science)
Any device connected internally or externally to a computer and used to enter or display data, such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor, scanner, and printer.

peripheral device - peripheral


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According to the report, "the personal firewall market in 2006 is transitioning from best-of-breed products to endpoint security suites that combine personal firewall with malicious code defenses, such as antivirus and anti-spyware, and policy enforcement based on physical device port defense and some form of network access control (NAC).
Most security relies on measures implemented at the application level of the program requesting the data, not at the storage device, which leaves the physical device vulnerable.
PDO - Physical Device Object (Microsoft windows drivers)
 
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