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Bohrbug

Bohrbug

Friday, February 5, 2010 7:56 | 81 views

In computer programming, bohrbug is a classification of an unusual software bug that always produces a failure on retying the operation which caused the failure. The bohrbug was named after the Bohr atom because the bohrbug represents a solid and...

Riser card

Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:56 | 104 views

(1) An expansion card that is used to extend a slot for a chip or card in a fully loaded computer to make room to plug it in. It may also refer to a card that contains several slots used...

Choke packet

Choke packet

Friday, October 30, 2009 11:05 | 71 views

A specialized packet that is used for flow control along a network. A router detects congestion by measuring the percentage of buffers in use, line utilization and average queue lengths. When it detects congestion, it sends choke packets across the...

Quiesce

Quiesce

Friday, October 2, 2009 7:58 | 91 views

(1) To temporarily render inactive. This refers to many areas in computing such as hardware (to quiesce a device). The time taken to render the device inactive is called the quiesce time. The term quiesce is applied outside of hardware...

4-way server

4-way server

Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:15 | 57 views

A 4-way server provides fast performance and scalability by supporting multiple CPUs. In this case it would support four processors. The multiple CPUs available to complete individual processes simultaneously. The computer architecture used in 4-way servers is called SMP (Symmetric...

Mega Transfer (MT)

Mega Transfer (MT)

Monday, September 14, 2009 6:58 | 151 views

A MegaTransfer is a unit of measurement that refers to the rate of signal on parallel I/O buses (like SCSI) where the data transfer rate depends upon the amount of data transferred in each data cycle, and is independent of...

Shareware

Shareware

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 7:59 | 48 views

Software distributed on the basis of an honor system. Most shareware is delivered free of charge, but the author usually requests that you pay a small fee if you like the program and use it regularly. By sending the small...

Larrabee

Larrabee

Sunday, August 30, 2009 21:39 | 60 views

Codename for a hybrid CPU (central processing unit) and GPU (graphics processing unit) chip that is currently in development by Intel. Larrabee is a stand-alone chip with integrated graphics based on the x86 architecture. Intel is expected to debut the...

Virtual Private Network

Virtual Private Network

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 20:07 | 60 views

A virtual private network (VPN) is any type of private network that uses a public network to connect users and remote sites together. The public network that a VPN usually uses is of course, the Internet. Staying true to its...

3 things Microsoft can never explain

3 things Microsoft can never explain

Thursday, July 9, 2009 14:56 | 58 views

MAGIC #1 An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as “CON”. This is something funny and inexplicable. At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn’t answer why this happened! TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE...

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