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  2. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    This is not a crash screen, however; upon crashing, Windows 1.0 would simply lock up or exit to DOS. This behavior is also present in Windows 2.0 and Windows 2.1. Windows 3.0 uses a text-mode screen for displaying important system messages, usually from digital device drivers in 386 Enhanced Mode or other situations where a program could not run.

  3. Memory leak - Wikipedia

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    A memory leak can cause an increase in memory usage and performance run-time, and can negatively impact the user experience. [4] Eventually, in the worst case, too much of the available memory may become allocated and all or part of the system or device stops working correctly, the application fails, or the system slows down vastly due to ...

  4. Hyper-threading - Wikipedia

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    A 3 GHz model of the Intel Pentium 4 processor that incorporates Hyper-Threading Technology [7]. Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multithreading technology introduced by Intel, while the concept behind the technology has been patented by Sun Microsystems.

  5. Nvidia - Wikipedia

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    In August 2019, Nvidia announced Minecraft RTX, an official Nvidia-developed patch for the game Minecraft adding real-time DXR ray tracing exclusively to the Windows 10 version of the game. The whole game is, in Nvidia's words, "refit" with path tracing , which dramatically affects the way light, reflections, and shadows work inside the engine.

  6. Graphics processing unit - Wikipedia

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    Components of a GPU. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.

  7. Unity (game engine) - Wikipedia

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    [7] [10] It was shown at Worldwide Developers Conference 2005 by Scott Forstall on Mac OS X. [11] The next year, Unity was named runner-up in the Best Use of Mac OS X Graphics category in Apple Inc.'s Apple Design Awards. [12] Unity was initially released for Mac OS X, later adding support for Microsoft Windows and Web browsers. [13]

  8. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game, [a] sometimes further qualified as a computer game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...

  9. Avatar (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In October 2018, Microsoft launched a new version of their Xbox avatars for Xbox One and Xbox on Windows 10, featuring increased detail and having a focus on inclusivity. [34] PlayStation Home for Sony 's PlayStation 3 console also featured the use of avatars, but with a more realistic style than Nintendo's Miis or Microsoft's Avatars.