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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) | is an open industry specification co-developed by Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba. |
| back-side bus (BSB) | is a computer bus used to connect the CPU to CPU cache memory |
| case fan | any fan inside, or attached to, a computer case used for active cooling |
| Centrino | brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters |
| chassis air guide (CAG) | is Intel's thermal system to PC chassis |
| Cool’n’Quiet | a CPU speed throttling and power saving technology introduced by AMD with its Athlon 64 processor line. |
| Cooler | most commonly is an insulated box used to keep food or drink cool. |
| DRAM | a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. |
| dual-core processing | has two cores (e.g. AMD Phenom II X2, Intel Core Duo) |
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) | a trademark for a series of dynamic frequency scaling technologies built into some Intel microprocessors that allow the clock speed of the processor to be dynamically changed (to different P-states) by software |
| Execute disable bit | is an Intel hardware-based security feature that can help reduce system exposure to viruses and malicious code. |
| front-side bus (FSB) | is a computer communication interface (bus) often used in Intel-chip-based computers during the 1990s and 2000s. |
| heat sink | s a passive heat exchanger component that cools a device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air. In computers, heat sinks are used to cool central processing units or graphics processors. |
| hyper-threading | is Intel's proprietary simultaneous multithreading (SMT) implementation used to improve parallelization of computations (doing multiple tasks at once) performed on PC microprocessors. |
| hyper transport | is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. |
| internal bus | connects all the internal components of a computer |
| Level 1 (L1) cache | often called primary cache, is a static memory integrated with processor core that is used to store information recently accessed by a processor. |
| Level 2 (L2) cache | also called secondary cache, is a memory that is used to store recently accessed information. |
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