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  2. Units of information - Wikipedia

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    Units are defined as multiples of a smaller unit except for the smallest unit which is based on convention and hardware design. Multiplier prefixes are used to describe relatively large sizes. For binary hardware , by far the most common hardware today, the smallest unit is the bit , a portmanteau of binary digit, [ 1 ] which represents a value ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (data) - Wikipedia

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    0.6–1.3 bits – approximate information per letter of English text. [3] 2 0: bit: 10 0: bit 1 bit – 0 or 1, false or true, Low or High (a.k.a. unibit) 1.442695 bits (log 2 e) – approximate size of a nat (a unit of information based on natural logarithms) 1.5849625 bits (log 2 3) – approximate size of a trit (a base-3 digit) 2 1

  4. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    GPGPU—General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units; GPIB—General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus; GPL—General Public License; GPL—General-Purpose Language; GPRS—General Packet Radio Service; GPT—GUID Partition Table; GPU—Graphics Processing Unit; GRUB—Grand Unified Boot-Loader; GERAN—GSM EDGE Radio Access Network

  5. Computer performance by orders of magnitude - Wikipedia

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    1×10 −1: multiplication of two 10-digit numbers by a 1940s electromechanical desk calculator [1]; 3×10 −1: multiplication on Zuse Z3 and Z4, first programmable digital computers, 1941 and 1945 respectively

  6. RDNA 3 - Wikipedia

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    RDNA 3's Compute Units (CUs) for graphics processing are organized in dual CU Work Group Processors (WGPs). Rather than including a very large number of WGPs in RDNA 3 GPUs, AMD instead focused on improving per-WGP throughput. This is done with improved dual-issue shader ALUs with the ability to execute two instructions per cycle. It can ...

  7. Soroban - Wikipedia

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    A suanpan (top) and a soroban (bottom). The two abaci seen here are of standard size and have thirteen rods each. Another variant of soroban. The soroban is composed of an odd number of columns or rods, each having beads: one separate bead having a value of five, called go-dama (五玉, ごだま, "five-bead") and four beads each having a value of one, called ichi-dama (一玉, いちだま ...

  8. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    Also simply application or app. Computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Common examples of applications include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, aeronautical flight simulators, console games, and photo editors. This contrasts with system software, which is ...

  9. Data - Wikipedia

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    Data (/ ˈ d eɪ t ə / DAY-tə, US also / ˈ d æ t ə / DAT-ə) are a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally. A datum is an individual value in a collection of ...