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  2. ReadyBoost - Wikipedia

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    The core idea of ReadyBoost is that a flash memory (e.g. a USB flash drive or an SSD) has a much faster seek time than a typical magnetic hard disk (less than 1 ms), allowing it to satisfy requests faster than reading files from the hard disk. It also leverages the inherent advantage of two parallel sources from which to read data, whereas ...

  3. List of self-booting IBM PC compatible games - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "IBM PC compatible self-booting disk" is sometimes shortened to "PC booter". Self-booting disks were common for other computers as well. These games were distributed on 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 " or, later, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ", floppy disks that booted directly, meaning once they were inserted in the drive and the computer was turned on, a minimal ...

  4. List of Mac games - Wikipedia

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    Sillysoft Games Strategy Digital download 10.3–10.5 Ancient Hearts & Spades: Toybox Games Card game Digital download 10.2–10.5 Ancient Secrets: Ancient Spiders Solitaire: Toybox Games Card game Digital download 10.2–10.5 And Yet It Moves: Broken Rules 2009 Puzzle Commercial ANDROID: Androkids2: Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy: Mindscape 1996

  5. List of freeware video games - Wikipedia

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    This is a selected list of freeware video games implemented as traditional executable files that must be downloaded and installed. Freeware games are games that are released as freeware and can be downloaded and played, free of charge, for an unlimited amount of time. This list does not include: Open source games (see List of open-source video ...

  6. List of free PC games - Wikipedia

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    Date free Free type Metacritic ; Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden: Tales of Game's Studios Tales of Game's Studios RPG: Microsoft Windows, macOS: January 22, 2008 Freeware [9] 93 [10] The Battle for Wesnoth: David White and others David White and others Turn-based strategy: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux: October 2005 October 2005 Freeware [11 ...

  7. Prefetcher - Wikipedia

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    It accomplishes this by caching files that are needed by an application to RAM as the application is launched, thus consolidating disk reads and reducing disk seeks. This feature was covered by US patent 6,633,968. [2] [3] Since Windows Vista, the Prefetcher has been extended by SuperFetch and ReadyBoost. SuperFetch attempts to accelerate ...

  8. List of disk partitioning software - Wikipedia

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    Free software Yes Unix-like: FIPS: Arno Schäfer Free software No MS-DOS: GNOME Disks: Red Hat: Free software Yes Linux: GNU Parted CLI-only (GUIs: Gparted, QtParted) The GParted Project Free software Yes Linux GParted (GUI for GNU Parted) The GParted Project Free software Yes Linux (Live CD is independent) March 28, 2022 gdisk (GPT fdisk ...

  9. List of best-selling PC games - Wikipedia

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    If a game was released on multiple platforms, the sales figures list are only for PC sales. This list is not comprehensive because sales figures are not always publicly available. Subscription figures for massively multiplayer online games such as Flight Simulator or Lineage and number of accounts from free-to-play games such as Hearthstone are ...