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Jargon |
Explanation |
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Gb |
Gigabit - The small b represents bit not
byte. See Gigabit |
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GB |
Gigabyte - The large B represents
byte not bit. See Gigabyte |
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Gigabit |
1 Billion bits - when talking about data
storage it is 1024 megabits. In
terms of through put it is 1,000,000,000 bps |
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Gigabyte |
1 Billion Bytes - Although strictly
speaking it should be 2 to the 30th power which is 1,073,741,824
bytes. see also Byte,
Kilobyte and Megabyte |
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Glide |
A Graphics API created
by 3DFx. Only works with the
Voodoo range of cards. Was one of the best and fastest 3D
API's about at the time. |
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GNU |
A project set up t provide freely
distributable version of UNIX. You
can get other programs under the GNU license such as GCC (the C
compiler). The most famous GNU program is a version of UNIX, I'm
sure you've heard of Linux by now. |
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GPU |
Graphics Processing Unit - The main
processor on the newer 3D graphics cards.
The idea behind the GPU was to take some of the graphics
processing away from the main CPU and
therefore increase game play speed. GPU's are advancing all the
time and taking more and more away from the CPU. GPU's utilize
more transistors in some cases than the CPU. |
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Graphics
card |
The piece of hardware that send the signal to
the monitor of what to display on screen. Graphics cards are
also responsible of accelerating graphics for games and also
making the images look better on screen than they were originally
drawn. |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface - A user
interface that uses windows and icons instead of text commands.
The use of the mouse instead of the keyboard to make it quicker
and easier to use than the text based commands. |
