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100Base T
100 Mbps Ethernet.There are three types of physical wiring that can carry signals: 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-TX, and 100BASE-FX. This designation is an IEEE shorthand identifier. The "100" in the media type designation refers to the transmission speed of 100 Mbps. The "BASE" refers to baseband signaling, which means that only Ethernet signals are carried on the medium. The "T4," "TX," and "FX" refer to the physical medium that carries the signal.
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10Base T
The most widely installed Ethernet local area networks use ordinary telephone twisted-pair wire. When used on Ethernet, this carrier medium is known as 10BASE-T. 10BASE-T supports Ethernet's 10 Mbps transmission speed.
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386 Processor
386 Processor (25 Mhz) [image]
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3D Accelerator
Refering to the graphics cards or videocard, today's videocards also incorporate some form of 3D acceleration, rendering images faster then the CPU would by itself.
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3DNow!
name for AMD's SIMD instructions. They were first implemented in the K6-2 line. An enhanced version of these instructions are included in Athlon processors.
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486 Processor
486 Intel processor (33Mhz) [image]
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Access Time
The ammount of time something takes to find a piece of information and allow it to be used by other devices.
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ACR
Audio Communications Riser, a slot that is only used by large OEMs to add cheap devices to their computers. Since ACR devices are software based, they often times sap a lot of CPU resources.
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AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port - Brown slot located nearest to the processor on most motherboards. AGP ports are used exclusivly for graphics cards and are set back and keyed differently so that other expansion cards will not fit in them. [image]
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AMR
Audio Modem Riser, like the ACR, AMR's are extremely low cost software devices that can do a host of functions. Since they are software based, they use quite a bit of CPU resources.
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Anti Alaising
The method in which jagged lines in 3d enviroments (easily seen in the horizon of games) are removed and smoothed out for a picture that is easier on the eyes.
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API
Application Program Interface a set of rules programmers must adhere to when designing/developing new applications.
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Appaloosa
.13 micron version of the Morgan. Expected in 2002.
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Asic
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
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AT Power connector
Mother Board Connects for an AT power supply, black wires go towards the center. [image]
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Athlon
the official name of AMD's 7th generation processor. Comes in several variants that include classic Athlon and the Athlon "Thunderbird". Also see K7, model 1, model 2and model 4.
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Athlon XP SFF
The lower power version of the Athlon meant for small form factor systems, hence the name. It is currently available only in the Asian market and may also be related to the Cool and Quiet name.
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ATX Power Connector
ATX - AT Extended form factor. Referrs to a standard for motherboard configuration and layout called the ATX Motherboard Specification. The AtX power connector replaced the older standard and allows the power supply to be turned on or off by the computer itself, rather than just by a physical switch. [image]
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Bandwidth
The amount of data that can be transferrer at a time.
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Barton
Code name for the successor to the Athlon. Barton will be 32-bit and use SOI with a .13 micron process. Expected release is in the 2nd half of 2002.
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Benchmarks
A set of conditions or criteria against which a product or system is measured.
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BGA
Ball Grid Array, the method chipsets are attached to motherboards, using solder balls
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Bios
Basic Input/Output System.Software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs. Your BIOS has the information to control the keyboard, screen, drives, serial communications, and other functions. BIOS is typically built into a ROM chip installed on the motherboard.
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broadband
High speed internet access via cable lines or ADSL phone lines.
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BSOD
Blue Screen of Death, when the Windows OS continually blue screens and you cannot do anything to fix this.
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Burn
To record information onto a writable optical medium such as a CD-R.
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Burn in
A given period of time in which a system is fully stressed to make sure there are no faults.
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Bus Mastering
Allows for peripherals to directly communicate to each other without the help of the CPU. This often results in higher performance as well as less CPU utilization.
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Camaro
the mobile version of AMD's Duron. Will contain 64KB of on-die L2 cache and will also feature PowerNow! The new code name is Morgan.
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Capacitor
A small electric element that is used to temporarily store electrical charge. [image]
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