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MB
Stands for Mega Byte, or 1 million bytes of information.
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Mbps
Megabits per second, or one million bits per second. Referrs to how fast data packets travel, or network speed.
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Megabyte
1,000,000 (10 6 ) bytes
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Mhz
Stands for Mega Hertz, unit of measurement for 1,000,000 x Frequency.
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Model 1
original version of the Athlon that was fabbed with a .25 micron process at Fab 25 in Austin, Texas.
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Model 2
new version of the Athlon with the improved K75 core. The K75 core was fabbed with a .18 micron process at Fab 25 in Austin, Texas.
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Model 4
new "Thunderbird" Athlon with 256KB of on-die L2 cache. The model .18 micron CPU is fabbed in both Dresden, Germany with copper interconnects and in Austin, Texas with aluminum interconnects.
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Moire
What happens when a wave effect is caused by bright and dark dots on the screen. [image]
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Monitor
Device to display images, text and shapes by means of a CRT screen. [image]
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Morgan
the mobile version of AMD's Duron. Will contain 64KB of on-die L2 cache and will also feature PowerNow!
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Motherboard
Motherboard - a large cicuit board which connects the processor, expansion cards, memory, and any other devices to one-another and to the power source. [image]
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Mouse Pad
A pad which allows for smoother easier movement of the mouse then just on the surface of a table.
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ms
MilliSecond, the amount of time needed for a device to access information, usually associated with hard drives.
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures, the average time from start of use to failure in a large population of identical systems, computers, or devices.
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Multiplier Lock
What is done to all modern CPU's to prevent overclocking. The multiplier of a locked CPU will remain the same even if it is changed in the BIOS.
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Mustang
the code name of AMD's high end Athlon processor. Yet unreleased it is rumored to have 1-2MB of on-die L2 cache. It will be available in the 4th quarter of 2000.
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Nano Seconds
ns for short, nano seconds refer to the speed of RAM. By looking at the last numbers usually right after a dash (-), it gives the timing fo the RAM. When refering with SDRAM, DDR or RDRAM, there sometimes are two numbers. A -75 doesn't mean 75 ns, it means 7.5 ns. [image]
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NAT
Network Address Translation - A method used by firewalls to keep a network behind under just one IP address for security reasons.
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NetBEUI
NetBios Extended User Interface: networking protocol requiring minimal or no configuration.
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Newbie
A term for a person who is new to the given subject/topic.
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nFinite FX
nVidia's name to the T&L (Transform & Lighting) engine found in GeForce3 based videocards, for the first time, the GeForce videocard is a true GPU since the nFinite FX engine allows game developers to program their own personalized code instead of relying on the hard coded scripts in the older Hardware T&L engines.
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NIC
Abbreviation for Network Interface Card. Network cards connect to local area networks via ethernet cables or some other means of connectivity to bring computers together electronically. [image]
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Oc'ing
An abbreviation for overclocking used often by overclockers.
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OPGA
Organic Pin Grid Array, is used on every Pentium 3 and above processor from Intel and on the AthlonXP and above. The Organic substrate is more durable then ceramic which was used before it and is also cheaper to product. [image]
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Opteron
The official name of the server version of Hammer, code named Sledgehammer. It is rumored to have 1MB of L2 cache, and is set to arrive in the 1st half of 2003.
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Orb
While an orb is technically a sphere or spherical object, Thermatake have adopted this name for a line of conical-finned heatsinks that are based loosely on a design used in HP servers in the 80's. The heatsinks have the fan located in the midst of the fins which allows the unit to offer one of the best price/performance ratios. [image]
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OSD
On Screen Display, how digital monitors can be configured. [image]
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Overclocking
The art and science of making a processor run at a higher then normal clock speed. For instance, changing the multiplier so that a 500Mhz chip runs at 667Mhz.
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Palomino
the code name for AMD's mobile Athlon processor. It will be available in the second half of 2000 and contain 256KB of on-die L2 and will also feature PowerNow! The mobile version of the Thunderbird.
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Pcb
Printed Circuit Board
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