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Fester
code name of the original 6 layer PCB AMD Athlon reference board. This is the board that shipped with the first review Athlon systems.
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Fibre Channel
A technology for transmitting data between computer devices at a data rate of up to 1 Gbps, especially suited for connecting computer servers to shared storage devices and for interconnecting storage controllers and drives. Devices can be as far as ten kilometers apart. The longer distance requires optical fiber as the physical medium. Fibre Channel also works using coaxial cable and ordinary telephone twisted pair.
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Firewall
Firewalls are used to create a protective barrier for the internal network (LAN) against the external one (WAN, Internet) which monitors packets traveling in and out of the network. Usually located at the network's gateway.
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Flatscreen
Type of computer display which uses an LCD panel instead of a CRT to project images. Typically the flatscreen or flatpanel display is less than two inches thick. [image]
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Foot Print
The amount of physical space a component will take up.
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FSAA
Full Screen Anti Aliasing, what is done by videocard to remove the jagged edges in lines. The resulting image is much smoother on the eyes, however FSAA has usually a 50% performance reduction when enabled.
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FSB
Stands for Front Side Bus, which denotes the speed at which your processor interacts with the components on the motherboard. Typically the FSB is 100Mhz or 133Mhz, but overclockers often manipulate this value to increase the speed at which their processor runs. i.e. 100Mhz FSB X 5.0 clockmultiplier = 500Mhz processor
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Full Duplex
Data transfer that allows a switch to send and receive data to a node at the same time. Also known as bidirectional communication.
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Gateway
Hybrid device that translates data into different protocols, serves as network security and distributes high-speed internet connections.
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GB
Stands for Giga Byte, or 1 billion bytes of information.
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Gbps
GigaBits Per Second, refers to how bits of information traveling at 1 billion bits per second. Gbps is usually associated with Gigabit Ethernet.
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GFD
golden finger device. This is the device that you attach to the Slot A Athlon to manipulate the clock multiplier and voltage.
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Gigabit
1,000,000,000 (10 9 ) bits
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Gigabit Ethernet
1000Mbps Ethernet connection. 10 times faster than fast Ethernet
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Gigabyte
1, 000,000,000 (10 9 ) bytes
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Golem
Code name for an upcoming AMD chipset. It is rumored to be a high end server chipset with HT support.
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GPU
Refering to Graphics Processor Unit, a GPU takes on the task of working with Transform and Lighting (T&L) away from the CPU so it can focus on more important things such as AI.
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GUI
Graphical User Interface. A software interface that interacts with the user through color graphics and a mouse.
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Half Duplex
Data transfer that only sends or receives data to a node. Hubs commonly perform in half duplex mode.
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Hammer
code name for AMD's first fully 64bit CPU. It is currently expected to sample in early 2001 and ship late 2001. Update 2002 Hammer is currently slated to ship in Q4 2002. This is the desktop/workstation version code name ClawHammer with an expected official name of Athlon XP 64. The server version will debut in the first half of 2003. It is code name SledgeHammer and the product name is Opteron.
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HDD
Stands for Hard Disk Drive. Mechanical deviced used to store imformation your computer needs to operate. Information is stored on spinning discs magnetically. [image]
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Heatsink
Metal device used to cool processors and other components by means of convection or forced air.
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Hop
When accessing a WAN or Internet, data packets often have to travel through several places to reach it's destination, each place the packet lands on is called a hop.
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Hot Swapping
A method in which devices are plugged and unplugged into a computer, usually referring to USB, IEEE 1394, etc devices.
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HSF
Heatsink and Fan combination.
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Hub
Network device that joins all the network devices centrally in a star configuration.
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HyperTransport
The new name for LDT, or Lightning Data Transport. Jointly developed by AMD and API as a replacement to the aging PCI bus.The new name for LDT, or Lightning Data Transport. Jointly developed by AMD and API as a replacement to the aging PCI bus.The new name for LDT, or Lightning Data Transport. Jointly developed by AMD and API as a replacement to the aging PCI bus.The new name for LDT, or Lightning Data Transport. Jointly developed by AMD and API as a replacement to the aging PCI bus.The new name for LDT, or Lightning Data Transport. Jointly developed by AMD and API as a replacement to the aging PCI bus.The new name for LDT, or Lightning Data Transport. Jointly developed by AMD and API as a replacement to the aging PCI bus.
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Hz
Stands for Hertz, unit of measurement for Frequency.
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I/O Address
Input / Output address. A 3 to 4 digit hexadecimal number used to identify and signal a peripherial device.
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IBM
International Business Machines, IBM is the largest computer company in the world and the first to produce a computer back in 1953.
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