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  2. El Capitan (supercomputer) - Wikipedia

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    El Capitan uses an APU architecture, where the CPU and GPU share an internal on-chip coherent interconnect. El Capitan takes up 7,500 square feet (700 m 2) of floor space, similar to two tennis courts. [5] It is made up of at least 87 compute racks, including the "Rabbit" NVM-Express fast storage arrays and compute nodes. According to The Next ...

  3. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    See also References External links A Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) A dedicated video bus standard introduced by INTEL enabling 3D graphics capabilities; commonly present on an AGP slot on the motherboard. (Presently a historical expansion card standard, designed for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard (and considered high-speed at launch, one of the last off-chip parallel ...

  4. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    HAL—Hardware Abstraction Layer; HASP—Houston Automatic Spooling Priority; HBA—Host Bus Adapter; HCI—Human—Computer Interaction; HD—High Density; HDD—Hard Disk Drive; HCL—Hardware Compatibility List; HD DVD—High Definition DVD; HDL—Hardware Description Language; HDMI—High-Definition Multimedia Interface; HECI—Host ...

  5. System Integrity Protection - Wikipedia

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    Apple says that System Integrity Protection is a necessary step to ensure a high level of security. In one of the WWDC developer sessions, Apple engineer Pierre-Olivier Martel described unrestricted root access as one of the remaining weaknesses of the system, saying that "[any] piece of malware is one password or vulnerability away from taking full control of the device".

  6. Computer hardware - Wikipedia

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    Because computer parts contain hazardous materials, there is a growing movement to recycle old and outdated parts. [67] Computer hardware contain dangerous chemicals such as lead, mercury, nickel, and cadmium. According to the EPA these e-wastes have a harmful effect on the environment unless they are disposed of properly.

  7. Power Macintosh - Wikipedia

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    Not only was this the first Apple computer with four processing cores, it was the first to incorporate PCI Express instead of PCI-X for internal expansion. [37] It also required an IEC 60320 C19 power connector that was more common on rackmounted server hardware, instead of the industry-standard C13 connector used with personal computers.

  8. History of computing hardware (1960s–present) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the 1961 Semiconductor Network Computer (Molecular Electronic Computer, Mol-E-Com), [10] [11] [12] the first monolithic integrated circuit [13] [14] [15] general purpose computer (built for demonstration purposes, programmed to simulate a desk calculator) was built by Texas Instruments for the US Air Force.

  9. List of Apple codenames - Wikipedia

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    Unreleased Hi-end Power Macintosh enclosure, prototype of El Capitan- Stumpy Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) – Silk Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) logic board; Yosemite 1.5 was the revision 2 board Yosemite