Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing and/or assembling electronic computers, such as mainframes, personal computers, workstations, laptops, and computer servers; and computer peripheral equipment, such as storage devices, printers, monitors, and input/output devices and terminals. Computers can be analog, digital, or hybrid. Digital computers, the most common type, are devices that do all of the following: (1) store the processing program or programs and the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program; (2) can be freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; (3) perform arithmetical computations specified by the user; and (4) execute, without human intervention, a processing program that requires the computer to modify its execution by logical decision during the processing run. Analog computers are capable of simulating mathematical models and comprise at least analog, control, and programming elements.

Excluded or separately classified activities

Official Census cross-references identify activities that belong under another North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

• Manufacturing blank magnetic and optical recording media--are classified in Industry 33461, Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media;

  Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media33461

• Manufacturing digital cameras--are classified in Industry 33331, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing; and

  Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing33331

• Manufacturing digital telecommunications switches, and local area network and wide area network communications equipment, such as bridges, routers, and gateways--are classified in Industry 33421, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing;

  Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing33421

• Manufacturing external audio speakers for computer use--are classified in Industry 33431, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing;

  Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing33431

• Manufacturing internal loaded printed circuit board devices, such as sound, video, controller, and network interface cards; internal and external computer modems; and semiconductor storage devices, such as memory chips--are classified in Industry 33441, Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing;

  Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing33441

• Manufacturing machinery or equipment that incorporates electronic computers for operation or control purposes and embedded control applications--are classified in the Manufacturing sector based on the classification of the complete machinery or equipment;

• Manufacturing other parts, such as casings, stampings, cable sets, and switches, for computers, storage devices and other peripheral equipment--are classified in the Manufacturing sector based on their associated production processes;

• Retailing computers with on-site assembly--are classified in Industry 44921, Electronics and Appliance Retailers.

  Electronics and Appliance Retailers44921