output device
Electronic or electromechanical equipment connected
to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in
the form of text, images, sounds or other media to a {display
screen}, {printer}, loudspeaker or storage device. Most
modern storage devices such as {disk drives} and {magnetic
tape drives} act as both input and output devices, others such
as {CD-ROM} are input only.
(1997-03-18)