Practices

8-way hat

class

hat switch with 8 possible input directions

open science hardware

class

hardware used for scientific investigations that can be obtained, assembled, used, studied, modified, shared, and sold by anyone

double-manual keyboard

class

musical instrument component consisting of two keyboards

backplane

class

PCB containing connectors for attaching multiple cards to a computer bus without intervening cables

face plate

class

part of sewing machine

memory storage unit

class

external cabinet containing RAM (found in large computer systems of the 1960s and earlier)

external memory expansion

class

stream processor

class

Merom

class

Intel processor family

offline storage

class

computer data storage kept physically separate from a computer, requiring manual intervention to read

demo disc

class

commercially distributed optical disc, usually a CD or a DVD, that contains a collection of video game demos

shared L2 cache

class

Level 2 cache shared between several processing unit.

flat-panel TV

class

television set with flat screen

volatile random-access memory

class

form of computer memory

reader-printer

class

device that can enlarge microforms for reading and produce hard copies

VT62

class

DEC block mode terminal

GDDR6X

class

type of synchronous graphics random-access memory

microscope slide scanner

class

device for digitizing microscope slides

NEC VR4300

class

type of CPU

flight yoke

class

game controller used for flight simulation

Circle Pad

class

part of the Nintendo 3DS

SuperSPARC II

class

superscalar central processing unit

power button

class

a button used to power on (and usually off) a device

demo series

class

video game series consisting entirely of demo discs

menu button

class

button on a electronic device for activating a menu

Blu-ray 3D

class

optical disc with 3D contents

Broadcom's based router

class

MOM MF 6400

class

8 inch floppy disk drive

ATmega328P-PU

class

Willow

class

quantum processor (QPU) by Google

bioacoustic monitoring

class

use of sound to survey biological systems

computer case fan controller

class

physical device used to control computer case fans

Adreno 418

class

graphics processing unit

TACLANE-FLEX, 100Mbps

class

encryption device produced by General Dynamics Mission Systems

Minitel terminal

class

Minitel network computer terminal

Broadcom chipset

class

chipset produced by Broadcom

AMD Opteron Jaguar

class

Jaguar family of 64-bit microprocessors for servers and workstations

remote job entry terminal

class

computer terminal for remote submission of batch jobs to a mainframe, especially one which used punched cards for input/output

removable-media drive

class

computer storage drive that reads/writes removable media

gaming headset

class

headset which is specifically designed for use in computer games

digital directional buttons

class

TACLANE-FLEX

class

encryption devices produced by General Dynamics Mission Systems

big board

class

the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange

trigger buttons

class

PlayStation game controller L2 and R2 buttons used for certain game functions

Intel 80386SL

class

power efficient version of the 386 CPU, intended for use in laptop computers

disk card

class

type of proprietary floppy disk for Famicom Disk System

hyper key

class

modifier key on the space-cadet keyboard

watch face

class

front surface of a watch, comprising a dial, a digital display, or both

GeniScan GS4500

class

hand scanner

SMBUS controller

class

light bar

class

PlayStation game controller LED light bar which can be used to identify players by matching the colors of the characters they are controlling in a game, or to provide immersion by changing patterns or colors in reaction to gameplay

throttle quadrant

class

game controller used for flight simulation

triple-manual keyboard

class

musical instrument component consisting of three keyboards

liquid-cooling radiator

class

radiator used in computer liquid cooling to dissipate heat from the circulating coolant

DAISY disc

class

audiobook cd-rom formatted in the DAISY format

Geavision

class

Monochrome LCD digital signage product line by AEG

Votomatic card

class

type of punched card used in the Votomatic voting system produced by IBM

Neya Global

Organization

Independent knowledge ecosystem integrating research, publishing, structured non-profit education, and system architecture frameworks created by Dr. Anna Neya Kazanskaia

Airborne Central Processing Unit

class

CPU air cooler

class

device that uses air to cool the CPU of a computer