RG8 4 L1F3
This device, designed by Douglass Englebart, utilized two perpendicular wheels in order to capture 2D translations on a flat surface for use in a new age of computing.
Computer Mouse
My personal computer has four _____ of 8GB DDR4 RAM.
Sticks
This type of program is commonly used to write essays and resumes, being involved the general manipulation of text.
Word processors
Some hobby computing devices, such as the Raspberry Pi or Arduinos, have GPIO pins to let users design custom interactions between the computer and external hardware.
General Purpose Input/Output
Skype was a online messaging and calling service independent owned and maintained, before being bought by this whale int he corporate tech landscape.
Microsoft
This feature of keyboard decides how many keys can be pressed and sent to a computer simultaneously.
N-key rollover
This instrument is used by some paranoid PC builders to not damage components with their electric fingers.
Anti-static wristband
This BIOS setting is often required to boot legacy operating systems, Linux and other esoteric operating systems
Secure boot
HDMI cables are commonly used by a myriad of different systems to transfer audio and video data to and from different computing devices. HDMI is an acronym for this.
High Definition Multimedia Interface
Meta recently revealed this new device in a live demo, where a man couldn't even start cooking his dinner for the night.
Meta Raybans
A keyboard is know as this when the keys are aligned horizontally and vertically, as opposed to rows that are staggered.
Ortholinear
DDR4 RAM is designed to have 64-bit channels for transferring data to and from the CPU. DDR5 however, has this __-bit channels, while still being faster.
32
This style of iconography sees the use of dated technology to represent modern software actions, such as floppy disks representing save.
Skeuomorphism
POSTing is a term commonly used for testing computer hardware, and is seen as a good sign for success. POST is an acronym for this.
Power on self-test
This company owned a lab, for which the members are credited for the invention of the "octothorpe" (#)
This university fashioned the first webcam in order to monitor a coffee pot within the office.
University of Cambridge
If hardware fails during boot of a new computer, typically an LED will flash in a pattern, designed for the customer to consult a manual for the matching ____ to find the hardware issue.
POST codes
This environment variable, as part of the cross desktop group, is meant to direct programs to the user's config directory, on the typical Linux desktop.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
ARM is a style of CPU architecture, first pioneered in phones, but recently has been found to work well within the AI space and for power efficiency in laptops. ARM is an acronym, containing another acronym, for this.
Advanced RISC Machines
Reduced Instruction Set Computers
This company is behind the Neo robot, a "fully autonomous" humanoid robot, designed to complete various tasks as a servant.
1X
PS/2 ports were used in early days of personal computing to give devices moue and keyboard input. The PS/2 port had this many pins in order to transfer user data.
6
This hardware feature is often present on many laptops, but is useless to the average consumer, unless that consumer works for the Department of Defense or other high security company.
Smart card reader
The HTTP standard describes a list of codes that have agreed upon meanings such as 200 for success and 40x for server failure. Though uncommon, 301 typically means this.
Moved permanantly
SIMD instructions are a capability that most modern CPUs posses, allowing simple vector calculations.
Single Instruction Multiple Data
Companies produce flop products all of the time. The XEGS was a device sporting the internals of an existing device in their flagship lineup, attaching a seemingly unnecessary light gun, to compete with the NES.
Atari