Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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)