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34-pin ribbon cable This type of cable is used by floppy disk drives.
386 Also called 80386. Intel’s third-generation processor. The 386 has a 32-bit
external data bus and 32-bit address bus. It was Intel’s first true 32-bit processor.
3-D sound A generic term for making sounds emanate from all directions—
i.e., surround sound—and for making sounds realistic. Popular in 3-D games
and home theaters.
4.1 Four speakers and a subwoofer.
40-pin ribbon cable This type of cable is used to attached EIDE devices (such
as hard drives) or ATAPI devices (such as CD-ROMs) to a system.
486 Intel’s fourth-generation CPU. Essentially an 80386 with a built-in cache
and math coprocessor.
5.1 Four satellite speakers plus a center speaker and a subwoofer.
5.25-inch floppy drive format The predecessor to the modern 3.5-inch floppy
drive format; very rarely used currently.
50-pin ribbon cable Also called a Type A cable. A type of ribbon cable used
for connecting SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 devices.
68-pin ribbon cable Also called a P type cable. There are two types of 68-pin
ribbon cables: an obsolete Type B used in conjunction with a 50-pin Type A
cable to connect early SCSI-2 devices and a P type that can be used singularly.
72-pin SIMM An obsolete memory package that utilized 72 contacts to con
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nect to the motherboard, replacing 30-pin SIMMs and eliminating some of the
issues with banking.
8.3 naming system A file naming convention that specified a maximum of
eight characters for a filename, followed by a 3-character file extension. Has
been replaced by LFN (Long Filename) support.
802.11b A wireless networking standard that operates in the 2.4-GHz band
with a theoretical maximum throughput of 11 Mbps.
8086/8088 The first generation of Intel processor used in IBM PCs. The 8086
and 8088 were identical with the exception of the external data bus—the 8086
had a 16-bit bus whereas the 8088 had an 8-bit bus.
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