Practices

software protection dongle

class

electronic copy protection and content protection device

Video High Density

class

videodisk format

six-hour clock face

class

clock face with time numbered 1 to 6

Open Graphics Project

class

open source GPU

SuperDisk

class

storage medium from Imation

Cannonlake

class

Intel processor family

ergonomic keyboard

class

computer keyboard designed for good ergonomics

thermal printer

class

printer that produces characters on special paper by localized heat transfer

LAN switching

class

packet switching on Local Area Networks

POWER1

class

IBM processor

parallax barrier

class

device placed in front of an image source to allow it to show a stereoscopic image without the need for the viewer to wear 3D glasses

log-structured file system

class

structure of file system that writes all information to a circular buffer

Mini PCI

class

form factor for small PCI expansion cards

stack register

class

computer central processor register whose purpose is to keep track of a call stack

quantum memory

Thing

coherence-preserving memory for quantum information

sixteen-segment display

class

Distribution Media Format

class

computer floppy disk format

ARM11

class

family of ARM architecture 32-bit RISC microprocessor cores

Intel MCS-96

class

family of microcontrollers (MCU) commonly used in embedded systems

motion controller

class

type of input device that translates its movement through space to input for a computer system

image processor

class

specialized digital signal processor used for image processing

barcode printer

class

computer peripheral to print barcode labels or tags

disk controller

class

controller for disk storage, usually integrated into the drive

Fairchild F8

class

8-bit microprocessor

fourteen-segment display

class

reset button

class

button that can reset a device

ZX Interface 1

class

peripheral controller for the ZX Specrtrum

multiple buffering

class

data buffering technique used to avoid reading of incomplete data

Dual-ported RAM

class

Type of random-access memory

key

class

key of wind instruments

media access unit

class

device

flash memory controller

class

software or hardware component that facilitates data transfer, wear-leveling, error correction, and other important functions between flash memory and the host system

Xserve RAID

class

Apple Fibre Channel storage enclosure

computer-on-module

class

type of single-board computer

Cholesteric liquid crystal

class

Subclass of liquid crystal

home screen

class

main screen on a mobile operating system or browser

Hybrid Memory Cube

class

variant of computer RAM memory

SHM-CD

class

CD made of improved material

Professional Disc

class

optical disc

Vector monitor

class

Display device used for computer graphics up through the 1970s

AT keyboard

class

series of computer keyboards

disk array

class

disk storage system which contains multiple disk drives

millimeter wave scanner

class

whole-body imaging device

memory buffer register

class

register in a computer's processor, or central processing unit, CPU, that stores the data being transferred to and from the immediate access storage

POWER2

class

1993 microprocessors by IBM

DECtape

class

magnetic tape data storage media used in many Digital Equipment Corporation computers

nForce2

class

chipset

GPRS Gateway Service Node

class

game backup device

class

device for backing up ROM information from a video game cartridge to a computer file called a ROM image and playing them back on the real hardware

zero-capacitor random-access memory

class

now-obsolete dynamic random-access memory technology

wireless repeater

class

device that takes an existing signal from a wireless router or wireless access point and rebroadcasts it to create a second network

Archival Disc

class

Optical Disc Storage Format

Intel 80486SL

class

type of microprocessor

impact printer

class

printer that places the printing to via the use of a ribbon to the paper

K1810VM86

class

16-bit microprocessor

VT220

class

Computer terminal from Digital Equipment Corporation

Wii U Pro Controller

class

video game controller for the Wii U

Happy Hacking Keyboard

class

small computer keyboard produced by PFU Limited

POWER8

class

2014 family of symmetric multiprocessors by IBM

barrel processor

class

CPU that switches between threads of execution on every cycle