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Entries from June 17th, 2010

What Is Liquid Cooling?

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Cooling

Liquid cooling is the use of liquid, typically water, to cool off computer systems. This is usually achieved through heat transfer from the computer parts across a metal surface and into the liquid. The liquid is then run through a system like a radiator to cool the water and send it into the computer again. [...]

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What is Crippleware?

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Concepts, software

Crippleware is a term for hardware or software which has been altered so that it is no longer fully functional. It is generally considered to be a derogatory term, and is not a term which would be used by manufacturers to refer to their own products. There are a number of reasons to release crippleware, [...]

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USB Flash Drives

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Flash Drives, Solid State Drives, Storage

A Thousand Floppies In The Palm Of Your Hand The age of floppy disks is finally over.  The age of Zip disks, and maybe even CDs could be over too! As media files are becoming more robust and heavy in size, portable devices that store them are getting smaller physically while storing increasingly massive amounts [...]

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USB In-Depth

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Cables, Cabling, USB

USB 1.1, USB 2.0, and USB 3.0 History USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. USB is a plug-and-play interface used between computers and add-on devices (such as audio players, joysticks, keyboards, scanners, mass storage devices, and printers). With USB, a new device can be installed into your computer without having to add an adapter card, or [...]

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What Is A Cell?

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Batteries, Introductions

It’s a battery Though technically a battery has multiple cells, we are accustomed to calling a single energy cell a battery as well. In electronics, a battery or voltaic cell is a combination of many electrochemical Galvanic cells of identical type to store chemical energy and to deliver it in the form of electricity. The [...]

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