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TCP-IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet.
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Tecate
code name of the AMD 760 chipset reference motherboard. The 760 chipset allows for a 266MHz as well as DDR SDRAM support. Tecate is also a beer.
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TeraByte
1 trillion bytes or 1000 Gigabytes. In binary, 1 TB is 2 to the power of 40.
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TFT
Abbreviation of thin film transistor, a type of LCD flat-panel display screen where each pixel is controlled by transistors. This technology provides the best resolution of all the flat-panel techniques. Also sometimes called active-matrix LCDs.
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Thor
Codename for an upcoming servers and workstation chipset from AMD.
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Thoroughbred
.13 micron version of the Palomino. Expected in 2002.
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Thresher
code name for the test platform for AMD's Corvette, or mobile platform. Includes Socket 462, Twinlight Northbridge, and ALi's 1535 mobile Southbridge.
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Throughput
The ammount of data that passes though a device/point in a given ammount of time.
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Thunderbird
the code name for the Athlon processor with 256KB of on-die L2 cache.
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Transflective LCD
Transflective LCD technology is a combination of Reflective and Transmissive types. The rear of the LCD's polarizer is partially reflective and combined with a back light for use in all types of lighting conditions. The benefit here is the back light can be left on where there is insufficient outside lighting. Conversely when there is enough ambient light it can shut off to conserve power. Transflective takes the best of both worlds and enables viewing in dark environments. Additionally the display won't "wash out" when viewed in direct sunlight. However the contrast rating is not as high as a purely Transmissive display.
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Transistor
The on and off switches found inside every single piece of computer equippment, the on and off states on transistors is the language of the computer, binary. Today's advanced CPU's have millions upon million of transistors.
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Transmissive LCD
Transmissive LCD display technology is essentially how a normal display operates. To view the screen the backlight must be on continuously, and brighter then the ambient light or it will be washed out and difficult to read. Traditional LCD displays are naturally very power hungry and operate best in darker lighting conditions (under 5,000 LUX ambient).
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TruForm
Found only in ATi's Radeon 8500 series and above, TruForm allows for the GPU to draw many more triangles for objects on the screen without a performance hit. This allows for rendered objects to have a more realistic look to them since curves and such will be smoother.
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UDMA
Ultra DMA
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Ultra Scsi
SCSI protocol that has a bus speed of 20 MB/s in the normal SCSI configuration and 40 MB in the Wide SCSI configuration.
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Ultra Wide Scsi
16-bit wide Ultra SCSI double the speed of normal SCSI.
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Ultra2 Scsi
High performance SCSI protocol, faster than Ultra SCSI. Ultra2 SCSI has a bus speed of 40 MB/s in the Narrow SCSI configuration and 80 MB/s in the Wide SCSI (Wide Ultra2 SCSI) configuration.
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Uplink Port
Special port on a hub or switch that connects to another hub or switch to expand port density.
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USB
Universal Serial Bus. Plug and play standard enabling a device to be used with out extensive user intervention.
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Viewing Angle
The angle in which you can still clearly see a LCD monitor. Going past the viewing angle results in a inferior image even though the LCD is fully operational.
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VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
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VOIP
Voice over IP - Transmission of two-way audio over the internet.
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VPN
Virtual Private Network: A private network that generally uses the internet as a less expensive and secured wide area network through data encryption.
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VRM
Voltage Regulator Module. A device on or attached to the motherboard which regulates the power that is fed to the processor.
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WAN
Wide Area Network: Network spread over a wide physical range.
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Wide Scsi
SCSI protocol and signal definition providing a 16-bit wide data path.
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Win98
Short hand for MicroSoft Windows 98 Edition Operation System
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Win98SE
Short hand for MicroSoft Windows 98 Second Edition Operation System. Also known as Windows 98 B
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WinME
Short hand for MicroSoft Windows Millenium Edition Operation System
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Wintel
Industry term for personal computers based on the Intel microprocessor and one of the Windows operating systems from Microsoft.
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