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Jargon |
Explanation |
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Hard Disk |
The main storage device in a PC. Hard
disks can be either IDE or SCSI.
Hard disks also play host to the swap file or virtual memory which
helps in the systems running. Also called HD, HDD, Hard Drive and
Hard Disk Drive |
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Hard Drive |
See Hard Disk |
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Hardware |
The physical parts of the computer - Anything
you can touch of the computer is a piece of hardware. see Software |
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Hertz |
(Hz) The number of cycles per second of an
electromagnetic wave, 1 Hz is equal to 1 cycle per
second. |
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HD |
See Hard Disk |
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HDD |
See Hard Disk |
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Hidden
Surface Removal |
A process used in graphics cards (namely the
Kyro II) which decides whether an object is going to be visible
before deciding whether or not to render it. This operation
lowers the memory bandwidth required in today's graphics
cards. |
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HIMEM |
High Memory - A memory manager that is
utilized by both DOS and Windows |
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HMA |
High Memory Area - Extended area of a PC's
memory. |
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Homepage |
The first page of a web site, which all
other pages in the site are linked to either directly or
indirectly. Also called the index page. |
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Host |
A single computer that is connected to a
network and serves the other computer on the network with
either applications or data. see Client |
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Hot spot |
A designated area on a web page that
contains a hyperlink to another part of the WWW. |
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HRAA |
High resolution Anti-Aliasing - Nvidia's
idea of HRAA is not to blow up the 800x600 screen resolution then
shrink it again to anti-alias the screen, but to to use a method
called Quincunx AA, which checks the pixels in he surrounding area
and then decides how to smooth out the jagged edges. the main
point o Nvidia's technology is that you can have 4X AA for the
performance hit of 2X AA. Also see FSAA. |
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HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language - Programming
language used to create web pages for use on the internet. |
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HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol - The
Protocol used to transfer information from the world
wide web servers to the users local internet browser. |
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Hub |
A device that connects computers to a network or
connects many networks to each other. |
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Hyperlink |
A link on a web page or HTML document that
leads to another web page or another part of a document. |
