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  2. Computer hardware - Wikipedia

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    The universal Turing machine was a type of stored-program computer capable of mimicking the operations of any Turing machine (computer model) based on the software instructions passed to it. The storage of computer programs is key to the operation of modern computers and is the connection between computer hardware and software. [7]

  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. Outline of computer engineering - Wikipedia

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    Computer engineers are involved in many hardware and software aspects of computing, from the design of individual microcontrollers, microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design. This field of engineering not only focuses on how computer systems themselves work, but also how they integrate into the larger picture. [2]

  5. Outline of computing - Wikipedia

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    Computer science (see also Outline of computer science); Information technology – refers to the application (esp in businesses and other organisations) of computer science, that is, its use by mankind (see also Outline of information technology)

  6. Character generator - Wikipedia

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    Hungarian hardware character generator. A character generator, often abbreviated as CG, is a device or software that produces static or animated text (such as news crawls and credits rolls) for keying into a video stream. Modern character generators are computer-based, and they can generate graphics as well as text.

  7. Computer - Wikipedia

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    A human computer, with microscope and calculator, 1952. It was not until the mid-20th century that the word acquired its modern definition; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the word computer was in a different sense, in a 1613 book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [] read the truest computer of Times, and the best ...

  8. List of computer standards - Wikipedia

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    Computer hardware and software standards are technical standards instituted for compatibility and interoperability between software, systems, platforms and devices.

  9. Category:Computer hardware by type - Wikipedia

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    Computer hardware clones (6 C, 7 P) Computer hardware cooling (47 P) E. Computer enclosure (1 C, 15 P) G. Graphics hardware (10 C, 45 P) ... Video game hardware (11 C ...