computer jargon terminator G
Sat, 09/05/2009 - 18:01 — computerman
- Graphics Card - is an expansion card whose function is to generate and output images to a display. Many video cards offer added functions, such as accelerated rendering of 3D scenes, video capture, TV-tuner adapter, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoding, FireWire, light pen, TV output, or the ability to connect multiple monitors, while other modern high performance cards are used for more graphically demanding purposes such as PC games.
- G Standard wireless
- Gigabyte - is an SI-multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. Since the giga prefix means 109, gigabyte means 1000000000bytes (10003, 109). However, this term is also often used meaning 1073741824bytes (10243, 230).
- Gigahertz - is a unit of alternating current (AC) or electromagnetic (EM) wave frequency equal to one thousand million hertz (1,000,000,000 Hz). The gigahertz is used as an indicator of the frequency of ultra-high-frequency (UHF) and microwave EM signals and also, in some computers, to express microprocessor clock speed.
- Gigabyte (The motherboard manufacturer Company in Asia) - is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of computer hardware products best known for its motherboards. The company is publicly held and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange
- Gnutella – was the most popular file sharing network on the Internet with an estimated market share of more than 40%.In June 2005, Gnutella's population was 1.81 million computers.
- GUI - is a type of user interface which allows people to interact with electronic devices such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 Players, Portable Media Players or Gaming devices; household appliances and office equipment with images rather than text commands.
- Gif - is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.