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Monday, January 3, 2011

Here’s your short guide to the tech lingo

Heatsink: Any structure or device on a motherboard that dissipates
the heat produced by the processor.
Chipset: The kind of architechture, or the design of a processor.
Devices based on the same chipset are compatible with each
other.
Northbridge: The area on an Intel motherboard which is
reserved for the RAM and graphic card slots.
QWERTY: Short for a QWERTY slider, a form factor in phones
that incorporates a keyboard with individual keys for every letter
for easier type input.
Heuristic: Heuristic scanning in Anti-Virus software is an
approach where different processes on a system are monitored
for their behavior. Based on past expirience, if the behavior is
suspicious, then the Anti-Virus software alerts of a possible infection
by malware.
Upscaling: Changing the resolution of a video. The process is
called upscaling even if the resolution is reduced, the “up” is an
indication of the intended display. Commonly used in screens.
PSU: Power Supply Unit, the part of a computer that provides
the electricity to all the componants of the system.
API: An Application Programming Interface describes methods
in which third party coders can use the resources of a web app.

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