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81Thin client — A thin client (sometimes also called a lean or slim client) is a client computer or client software in client server architecture networks which depends primarily on the central server for processing activities, and mainly focuses on conveying… …
82MSX-DOS — Infobox OS name = MSX DOS caption = developer = Microsoft Corporation source model = Closed source kernel type = Monolithic kernel supported platforms = MSX home computer architecture ui = Command line interface, Text user interface family = DOS… …
83Spin-up — refers to the period of time taken by a traditional (non solid state) hard disk drive to accelerate its platters from a stopped state to an operational speed. The required operational speed depends on the design of the disk drive. Typical speeds… …
84PDP-10 — KL10 DA 1090 CPU and 6 Memory Modules The PDP 10 was a mainframe computer family[1] manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation …
85DECtape — PDP 11 with TU56 dual DECtape unit. Note the 6 armed starfish hubs holding circular white tape reels in place. Read/write heads are housed in the white vertical rectangles above the tape reels. DECtape, originally called Microtape , was a… …
86Texas Instruments TI-99/4A — Infobox computer Name = Texas Instruments TI 99/4A Photo = Caption = 1979 TI 99/4 with RF modulator, optional Speech Synthesizer, keyboard overlays, and a cartridge. Note orange shift keys. Type = Home computer Released = June, 1981 (99/4 in June …
87IBM 1130 — The IBM 1130 Computing System was introduced in 1965. It was IBM s least expensive computer to date, and was aimed at price sensitive, computing intensive technical markets like education and engineering. The IBM 1800 was a process control… …
88Device file — In Unix like operating systems, a device file or special file is an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are also special device files in MS DOS and Microsoft Windows. They allow… …
89flutter and wow — ▪ sound distortion in sound reproduction, waver in a reproduced tone or group of tones that is caused by irregularities in turntable or tape drive speed during recording, duplication, or reproduction. Low frequency irregularities (as one… …
90Access time — is the time delay or latency between a request to an electronic system, and the access being completed or the requested data returned.* In a telecommunications system, access time is the delay between the start of an access attempt and successful …
