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41Computer cooling — An OEM AMD heatsink mounted onto a motherboard. Computer cooling is required to remove the waste heat produced by computer components, to keep components within their safe operating temperature limits. Various cooling methods help to improve… …
42History of computing hardware (1960s–present) — The history of computing hardware starting at 1960 is marked by the conversion from vacuum tube to solid state devices such as the transistor and later the integrated circuit. By 1959 discrete transistors were considered sufficiently reliable and …
43Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems — MITS logo used from 1972 to 1975. Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) was an American electronics company founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico that began manufacturing electronic calculators in 1971 and personal computers in 1975.[1] …
44Central processing unit — CPU redirects here. For other uses, see CPU (disambiguation). An Intel 80486DX2 CPU from above An Intel 80486DX2 from below …
45Voltage regulator — A popular three pin 12 V DC voltage regulator IC. A voltage regulator is an electrical regulator designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage level. A voltage regulator may be a simple feed forward design or may include negative feedback …
46RS-232 — This article is about the RS 232 standard. For RS 232 variants, see serial port. A 25 pin connector as described in the RS 232 standard In telecommunications, RS 232 (Recommended Standard 232) is the traditional name for a series of standards for …
47Embedded system — Picture of the internals of an ADSL modem/router. A modern example of an embedded system. Labelled parts include a microprocessor (4), RAM (6), and flash memory (7). An embedded system is a computer system designed to do one or a few dedicated… …
48CMOS — For other uses, see CMOS (disambiguation). CMOS inverter (NOT logic gate) Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) (   …
49Electronic engineering — is a discipline dealing with the behavior and effects of electrons (as in electron tubes and transistors) and with electronic devices, systems, or equipment.The term now also covers a large part of electrical engineering degree courses as studied …
50Reading Works — The Reading Works in Berks County, Pennsylvania, was a key player in manufacturing and delivering innovative integrated circuit and optoelectronic equipment for communication and computing in the United States and around the world. The work force …
