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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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CardBus
32-bit industry standard used for devices that fit into a laptop PC slot.
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CAT5
Referring to Category 5 Ethernet cabling, the CAT5 standard allows for data transfers up to 100 Mbps.
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CAT7
Catagory 7 quality cabling is needed for Gigabit (Gbps) Ethernet transmissions.
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CD-R (CD-Recordable)
A recordable CD technology for data and music storage using a low-cost disc that can be written only once. To record a 650MB disc takes from 5 to 74 minutes depending on the speed of the drive.
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CD-ROM
Compact Disc Read Only Memory. A compact disc format used to hold text, graphics and hi-fi stereo sound. The audio CD player cannot play CD-ROMs, but CD-ROM players can play audio discs.
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CD-RW
CD ReWritable. A rewritable CD technology. CD-RW drives can also be used to write CD-R discs, and they can read CD-ROMs. A CD-RW disc can be rewritten over a thousand times and read on MultiRead CD-ROM drives or CD-RW compatible Audio CD players.
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Chomper
the old code name for the K6-2 processor. The K6-2 in a nutshell is the K6 with 3DNow! SIMD instructions.
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Clawhammer
internal code name for the first member of the Hammer family of 64-bit processors. It is scheduled to appear in the 2nd half of 2001.
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Click
When a button on the mouse is depressed for a given amount of time.
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CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, a chip that packs many components into a very small semiconductor.
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CNR
Communications Network Riser - Small slot next to the PCI slots which a modem or sound riser card plugs into. [image]
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Coax
Referring to coaxial cable, Coax is similar to TV cabling. Used for older 10Base2 Ethernet networks.
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Corona
another AMD DDR Athlon board reference name. Also a brand of beer.
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Corrupted
When data gets damaged and can no longer be used.
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Corvette
the old 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. The new code name is Palomino.
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CPU
Central Processing Unit, your processors. ex. Pentium III, AMD Athlon, Transmeta Crusoe, and the Intel Pentium 4. [image]
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crossover cable
Cat 5 cable in which the internal wiring crosses over; used to connect computer-to-computer or when no uplink ports are available on a hub.
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CRT
Stands for Cathod Ray Tube, the glass portion of any traditional monitor. Operates by shooting electrons through a screen which enables images to be projected on the back of a phosphorescent coating on the screen.
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Crusoe
Moble processor developed by Transmeta corp. [image]
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CXT core
the CXT core was an improvement made to the K6-X line of processors. It added a write combining feature that could be taken advantage of if the bios for the motherboard supported it. It also shrunk the process below .25 micron, but not all the way to .18 micron.
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