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  2. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    Steady, short beeps Power supply may be bad Long continuous beep tone Memory failure Steady, long beeps Power supply bad No beep Power supply bad, system not plugged in, or power not turned on No beep If everything seems to be functioning correctly there may be a problem with the 'beeper' itself. The system will normally beep one short beep.

  3. PC speaker - Wikipedia

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    Beep for Linux and Windows, by Frank Buß. APIs for beeping. Commandline PC speaker program for Linux FTP; Practical article on implementing a Linux Kernel Driver; Timing on the PC family under DOS (Sections 7.5, 7.29, 7.30, and 10.7 – 10.7.4 in particular)

  4. Beep (sound) - Wikipedia

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    A beep is a short, single tone, typically high-pitched, generally made by a computer or other machine. The term has its origin in onomatopoeia . The word "beep-beep" is recorded for the noise of a car horn in 1929, and the modern usage of "beep" for a high-pitched tone is attributed to Arthur C. Clarke in 1951.

  5. What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores - AOL

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    If you've been shopping in a big box retail store you've probably heard an announcement on the loudspeaker such as, "code yellow toys, code yellow toys." This "code" is one of many innocuous ...

  6. Xanadu Houses - Wikipedia

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    This eliminated chores such as having to go downstairs to turn off the coffee pot after one had gone to bed. The children's bedroom featured the latest in teaching microcomputers and "videotexture" windows, whose realistic computer-generated landscapes could shift in a flash from scenes of real places anywhere in the world to imaginary scenes.

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  8. Dell Dimension - Wikipedia

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    Two older Dell Dimension models. Left: Dell Dimension XPS D266; right: Dell Dimension 4500. The Dell Dimension is a discontinued series of home and business desktop computers manufactured by Dell. In 2007, the Dimension series was discontinued and replaced with the Dell Inspiron series for low-end models and the Dell Studio series for higher ...

  9. Sound card - Wikipedia

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    A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs. The term sound card is also applied to external audio interfaces used for professional audio applications.