File PDP 11 M7270.jpg thumb PDP 11 CPU board distinguish hardwareComputerhardware is the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system. See also History of computing hardware Mainframe computer Minicomputer Personal computer Personal computerhardwareComputer architecture Von Neumann architecture Central processing unit Computer data storage Input output Peripheral Basic computer components Category Computerhardwarecomputer stub ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 For the graphic design term Wordmark graphic identity In computerhardware, a wordmark is a bit in each memory location on some variable word length computers e.g., IBM 1401 , IBM 1620 used to mark the end of a word. Sometimes the actual bit used as a wordmark on a given machine is not called wordmark , but has a different name e.g., flag on the IBM 1620, because on this machine it is multipurpose . DEFAULTSORT Wordmark ComputerHardware Category Computing terminology ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 Image Personal computer, exploded 5.svg thumb right 325px Hardware of a modern personal computer br div style column count 2 1. Computer monitor Monitor br 2. Motherboard ... for long term storage and backups. Secondary storage Hardware that keeps data inside the computer for later use and remains persistent even when the computer has no power. Hard disk for medium term storage ... es DEFAULTSORT Personal ComputerHardware Category Personal computers Category Computerhardware Category ... si simple Computerhardware sk Hardv r sl Strojna oprema so ComputerHardware ... supply unit computer Power supply br 7. Optical disc drive br 8. Hard disk drive br 9. Computer keyboard Keyboard br 10. Computer Mouse Mouse div Personal computerhardware are component devices which are typically installed into or peripheral to a computer case to create a personal computer upon which ... usually communicate with devices through hardware bus computing buses by using software device driver ... rectangular board with integrated circuitry that connects the other parts of the computer including ... enable a computer to function, and is sometimes referred to as the brain of the computer. It is usually Computer cooling Spot cooling cooled by a heat sink and fan. Newer CPUs include an on die Graphics ... when the computer is powered on or otherwise begins execution Bootstrapping computing Bootstrapping ... Memory card Memory Card FireWire Serial ATA eSATA SCSI Power supply Main Power supply unit computer File Computer from inside 018.jpg 220px thumb right Inside a custom built computer the power supply ... power to low voltage DC power for the internal components of the computer. Some power supplies have ... such as disk drives and cooling fans. Removable media devices Main Computer storage Compact ... Memory Cards. Most modern devices contains a Memory Card Reader. Examples are Personal computer personal .... Data stored can be moved across different OS Sound card Main Sound card Enables the computer to output ... more details
In computer architecture a locale is an abstraction of the concept of a localized set of hardware resources which are close enough to enjoy uniform memory access. ref Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing 22nd International Workshop by Guang R. Gao 2010 ISBN 3642133738 page 173 ref For instance, on a computer cluster each node may be considered a locale given that there is one instance of the operating system and uniform access to memory for processes running on that node. Similarly, on an SMP Symmetric Multiprocessor System SMP system , each node may be defined as a locale. Parallel programming languages such as Chapel programming language Chapel have specific constructs for declaring locales. ref Future Information Technology, Part I 6th International Conference edited by James P Park, Laurence T Yang 2011 ISBN 364222332X page 285 ref See also Locale software Symmetric multiprocessing SMP Symmetric Multiprocessor System Direct memory access Remote direct memory access References Reflist Category Classes of computers Category Parallel computing computer stub ... more details
Refimprove date March 2009 Image HomebuiltPC.jpg thumb right The inside of a white box computer In computerhardware , a white box is a personal computer or Server computing server without a registered brand name . ref http www.gartner.com 5 about press room pr19990616a.html Gartner Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of System Builder Summits from Technology Event Management Company Gartner, June 16, 1999 ref For instance, the term is applied to systems assembled by small system integrator s and to homebuilt computer systems assembled by end users from parts purchased separately at retail. In this latter sense, building a white box system is part of the DIY movement. ref http www.informit.com articles article.aspx?p 170498 Buying a Non Branded White Box PC InformIT, May 7, 2004 ref ref name ... ref The term is also applied to high volume production of unbranded Personal computer PC s. Because Computer form factor form factor s like ATX and electrical connector connector s such as Integrated ... range of computer case cases , motherboard s, Central processing unit CPUs , hard disk drives, RAM and other parts can be obtained individually at many computer shops and assembled at home with a minimum ... computer assembled from off the shelf parts. Computer professionals and intensive computer ... popular among users of the GNU Linux operating system to ensure hardware support and avoid the Microsoft ... installed. Whitebook or Intel Common Building Blocks Intel Corporation defined Computer form factor form factor and interconnection standards for notebook computer components, including Barebones chassis ..., and AC DC adapter. These building blocks are primarily marketed to computer building companies, rather than DIY users. See also Beige box DIY ethic Homebuilt computer References reflist External links Category Computer enclosure Category Electronics manufacturing Category Personal computers Category Computer jargon lt Baltoji d ... more details
Multiple issues lead too short October 2011 expert subject April 2008 unreferenced June 2011 Image Computer connector sockets.jpg thumb Examples of computer connector sockets on various laptops File Mac mini dvi back.jpg thumb Ports on the back of an Apple Mac Mini In computerhardware , a port serves as an interface between the computer and other computers or peripheral devices. Physically, a port is a specialized outlet on a piece of equipment to which a Electrical connector plug or cable connects. Electronically, the several conductors making up the outlet provide a signal transfer between devices. The term port is derived from a nedelands woord poort gate, entrance, door . Physical shape Hardware ports may be physically gender of connectors and fasteners male or female , but female ports are much more common. Computer ports in common use cover a wide variety of shapes such as round PS ... signal transfer Electronically, hardware ports can almost always be divided into two groups ... types of Computer speaker audio speakers then a dialogue box pops up on the computer screen ... such as a camcorder often connects with a cable that is 4 pins on the camera side and 6 pins on the computer ... microwave towers with funnels on them leading to pipes. Hardware port trunking HPT is a technology that allows multiple hardware ports to be combined into a single group, effectively creating a single ... 3 File Parallel computer printer port.jpg File Centronics 36F.jpg IEEE 1284 36 pin female on a circuitboard ... Audio and video interfaces and connectors Computer port software Port expander References reflist External links Commonscat Computer connectors http www.tomshardware.com 2005 11 23 pc interfaces 101 Tom s Hardware PC Interfaces 101 , a quick overview of commonly used ports for PCs. http www.entechtaiwan.com ... Ports I O form PC Basic computer components Category Computer connectors Category Out of band management ... eu Ataka informatika fr Port mat riel it Porta informatica nl Poort computer ja ko kk ... more details
Other uses Point of view disambiguation Image POVlogo.png right Point of View Point of View , POV is a computerhardware company that produces gaming graphics cards. It was established in the year 2000. Most of its sales are in Europe , as it serves more than 30 European countries. POV is based in the Netherlands . The company also includes Point of View Taiwan , Point of View China , Point of View Hong Kong , Point of View France and Point of View USA . POV produces high end NVIDIA gaming graphics cards, such as the latest GeForce 500 Series . External links commonscat Point of View company Point of View http www.pointofview online.com Official website Category Companies established in 1994 Category Graphics hardware companies Compu hardware stub fr Point of View Graphics pl Point of View ... more details
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Code The Hidden Language of ComputerHardware and Software is a book by Charles Petzold , published in 1999. The book aims to be an introduction to the design and workings of computers and software with no prior knowledge required. The book intends to show a layman the basic mechanical principles of how computers work, instead of merely summarizing how the different parts relate. He starts with basic principles of language and logic and then demonstrates how they can be embodied by electrical circuits, and these principles give him an opening to describe in principle how computers work mechanically without requiring very much technical knowledge. Although it is not possible in a medium sized book for layman to describe the entire technical summary of a computer, he describes how and why it is possible that elaborate electronics can act in the ways computers do. In the introduction, he contrasts his own work with those books which include pictures of trains full of 1s and 0s. External links http www.charlespetzold.com code The book s website, with corrections http www.amazon.com exec obidos tg feature 13004 Interview with Charles Petzold about Code compu book stub Category 1999 books ... more details
. All computerhardware produced in the List of socialist countries Former socialist countries ... manufacturer of computerhardware was VEB Robotron . They were involved in the ESER ES EVM and SKR SM ... also History of computerhardware in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia History of computing hardware List of Soviet computer systems http www.cpushack.com soviet cpus.html List of Soviet Russian made CPU s & Support Chips List of Soviet hardware engineers BESM HRS 100 a hybrid computer ... in East Germany in German List of Soviet computer systems DEFAULTSORT History Of ComputerHardware In Soviet ... and grammatical errors. entire article date May 2009 The history of computing hardware in the former ... of Soviet computer systems http www.cpushack.com soviet cpus.html List of Soviet Russian made CPU ... electronic computer in continental Europe was created by a team of scientists under the direction ... now Ukraine , at Feofaniya . The computer was known as MESM , ...&authDecision 203 ref ELBRUS Elbrus computer Elbrus Russian , named after Mount Elbrus is a series of Soviet supercomputer systems developed by Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer ... of SPARC Technologies, ru , a spin off of the ITMiVT. Strela The Strela computer 1953 1956, used ... . Other computers include, BESM 6 , Ural computer Ural , Setun , ES EVM , Minsk family of computers Minsk , and Elbrus computer Elbrus . Workstations Workstations built in the Soviet Union include the SM EVM , ES 1845, and DVK . Personal and home computers Personal computers include the Agat computer , Korvet , Elektronika BK , UKNC , Mikrosha , Raduga , Poisk computer Poisk , Iskra computer Iskra , Irisha , and Dubna 48K . Micro 80 The Micro 80 was the first DIY home computer in the Soviet Union ... DIY computer featured in Radio magazine, in an edition published in 1986. It was more popular .... Specialist The Specialist was the first DIY computer which was published in a magazine other than ... more details
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. For color palettes of early 8 bit personal computer s, see the List of 8 bit computerhardware palettes ... article. For a more complete and technical description of the computer s hardware video capabilities, see the List of home computers by video hardware . They are listed the original model of every ... of previous original IBM PC , IBM XT and IBM PCjr Tandy 1000 series hardware displays, please visit List of 8 bit computerhardware palettes IBM PC.2FXT and compatible systems IBM PC XT and compatible systems in the List of 8 bit computerhardware palettes article. EGA The Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGA supports all List of 8 bit computerhardware palettes CGA CGA modes and add three more two 320 200 ... image with 16 colors of the exclusive EGA palette and the List of 8 bit computerhardware palettes ... PC hardware. br style clear both Notes Refimprove date May 2008 references See also Palette computing Indexed color CLUT Color Lookup Table Color depth Computer display List of home computers by video hardware Category Computer graphics Category Color depths Category Computing output devices ...For a full listing of computer s color palettes List of palettes This is a list of palette computing color palettes of some of the most popular 16 bit personal computer s, roughly those manufactured from ... related with a broad 16 bit computer age or generation around 1985 1995 and its associated state of the art ... how the colors are produced and or used by the computer s display video subsystem. Due to all palettes .... So any of them could be properly padded, transcoded and dumped into the original hardware and or software ... , 4 colors and the monochrome modes with the Atari ST video hardware looks like Image Screen ... 13 dithered by hardware colors dark blue , dark yellow , gray , dark red , magenta , orange , light ... from the computer to this kind of monitor had two wires for each primary red, green and blue. Later ... monitors, they can offer 64 levels of grey. Some of the first Portable computer portable PCs featured ... more details
Multiple issues orphan May 2011 essay May 2011 long May 2011 Computer security compromised by hardware failure is a branch of computer security applied to hardware. The objective of computer security includes ... ComSec1 Computer security ref Such secret information could be retrieved by different ways. This article focus on the retrieval of data thanks to misused hardware or hardware failure. Hardware could ... in a data thief. Computer security can be comprised by devices, such as keyboards, monitors or printers thanks to electromagnetic or acoustic emanation for example or by components of the computer ... . Devices Monitor The monitor, main device of the computer, can be used to retrieve data. Even ... concern in sensitive computer applications. Eavesdroppers can reconstruct video screen content from ... technique for spying at a distance on data that is displayed on an arbitrary computer screen ... be found at a usual workplace can be exploited to retrieve information on a computer s display by an outsider ... Backes, 2008, p.2 ref The reflection of an object, a computer display, in a curved mirror creates ... Keyboard Electromagnetic emanations Computer keyboards are often used to transmit confidential data ..., 2009, p.1 ref Electromagnetic emanations have turned out to constitute a security threat to computer ... sends a packet of information known as a scan code to the computer. ref name Vuag3 Vuag1 Vuagnoux ..., 2005, p.1 ref This attack is inexpensive because the other hardware required is a parabolic microphone ... . The first phase analyzes the video recorded by the camera using computer vision techniques. For each frame of the video, the computer vision analysis computes the set of keys that were likely pressed ... thumb center 988px alt Diagram presenting phases when retrieving data from a printer Computer ... of a Apple computer thanks to an iPod. The attacks needed a first generic phase where the iPod ... write access on the Apple Computer when the iPod was plugged. ref name Dorn1 Dorn1 Dornseif, 2004 ... more details
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. Domestic computerhardware manufacturers produced a number of different IBM AT compatibles, such as TIM ... also List of computer systems from SFRY History of computerhardware in Soviet Bloc countries Notes ... History Of ComputerHardware In The Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia Category History of computing hardware SFRY Category Second Yugoslavia Category Computer companies of SFRY sr ... technology import rules and regulations shaped the development of computer history in the country ... domestic computer development. align right cellpadding 0 cellspacing 0 vspace 0 Image Cer10.jpg ... a project of designing the first domestic computer at the end of 1950s. This was to become a line of CER ... Digital Electronic Computer , starting with the model CER 10 in 1960, a primarily vacuum tube and electronic relays based computer. By 1964, CER 20 computer was designed and completed ... Honeywell license, mainly for banking businesses. Computer initially had a great success that later ... dominance of foreign Mainframe computer mainframes and a continuous reduction of relative market share for domestic products. Despite this, since the interest in computer technology grew overall ... the 1980s. Early 1980s Home computer era Many companies attempted to produce microcomputer s similar to 1980s home computer s, such as Ivo Lola Ribar Institute s Lola 8 , M.Pupin Institute s TIM 001 , Elektronska ...?c 332&st 1 , PEL Vara din s Galeb computer and Orao computer Orao , Ivel Ivel Ultra Ultra and Ivel ... to fail or not even attempt to enter the home computer market they were prohibitively expensive for individuals ... and other software meant they were not appealing to majority of contemporary computer enthusiasts ... computer into pieces that separately fit within prescribed restrictions. Lack of proper legislation and such grey market activity only helped the demise of domestic home computer production. One computer ... in assembled form, more than 8,000 enthusiasts built the computer. Many more were later mass ... more details
cleanup date September 2007 This is a list of computer game s that require DirectX DirectX 7 fixed function transform and lighting support to run. Games that only have transform and lighting as an optional feature are not listed here. An example would be Age of Empires 3 but not Sacrifice computer game Sacrifice . Users of RIVA TNT2 TNT2 cards cannot run Age of Empires 3 but can run Sacrifice . Act of War High Treason Age of Empires III Army Ranger Mogadishu Battlefield 1942 Bloodrayne Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 Call of Duty Call of Duty United Offensive CivCity Rome Civilization IV Cossacks II Napoleonic Wars Combat Arms Command and Conquer Generals Doom 3 Does not require Hardware T&L Driver 3 Fallout 3 FIFA Football 2003 Halo Combat Evolved Requires DirectX, which can be found on Microsoft s website Hitman Contracts Homeworld 2 Indigo Prophecy Joint Operations Typhoon Rising Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords The Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth does not require Hardware T&L to play Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter Mega Man X7 Mega Man X8 Need For Speed Carbon Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis Operation Flashpoint Resistance expansion pack Painkiller video game Painkiller Portal 2 Prey Prince of Persia The Sands of Time Prince of Persia Warrior Within Prince of Persia The Two Thrones The Punisher 2005 video game The Punisher RalliSport Challenge Rise of Legends Republic The Revolution RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 all expansion packs Sid Meier s Pirates 2004 Sonic Riders HW TnL is recommended Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Empire at War Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 The Sith Lords Star Wars Galaxies Star Wars The Complete Saga Star Wraith 3 Shadows of Orion SWAT 4 Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell video game confirmed Tomb Raider The Angel of Darkness ... require hardware transformation and lighting may not work unless run with 3D Analyzer . See also Transform and lighting Category Video game lists by technology or feature Hardware Transform ... more details
Other uses Hardware is a general term for equipment that can be touched held by hand such as Key lock keys , lock device lock s, hinge s, latch hardware latch es, handle grip handle s, wire , chain s, belt mechanical belt s, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, tool s, food utensil utensil s, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware store s. wiktionary Category Hardware mechanical Category Equipment Category Locksmithing Category Wire Category Chains Category Belt drives Category Plumbing Category Electrical wiring Category Tools Category Article Feedback 5 Types of tools tool stub bg cy Caledwedd ko kk ml mhr ps ru simple Hardware ckb tr Donan m ... more details
expand further date February 2012 Graphics hardware is computerhardware that enables computers to produce and show computer graphics . It works in conjuntion with graphics software . Examples of graphics hardware are display device display devices , graphics card s, graphics processing unit s and motion capture hardware. See also Graphics hardware and FOSS Category Graphics hardwarecomputer stub ... more details
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as Key lock keys , lock device lock s, hinge s, latch hardware latch es, handle grip handle s, wire , chains, plumbing supplies, tool s, food utensil utensil s, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware store s. Hardware may also refer to wiktionary hardwareHardware store , a business which sells household hardware Builders hardware , hardware for doors, cabinets, windows, bathrooms, etc. Computerhardware , the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system Personal computerhardware , the component devices of a personal computer Open source hardware , physical artifacts of technology designed and offered in the same manner as free and open source software Electronic hardware , interconnected electronic components Electronic component , a basic electronic element Hardware TV series , a British situation comedy Hardware film , a 1990 film Hardware album , a studio album by the heavy metal band Krokus Hardware comics , a character from Milestone Comics Hardware band , a supergroup consisting of Bootsy Collins, Buddy Miles, and Stevie Salas Hardware development cooperation , one aspect of technology transfer another name for Military technology and equipment disambig cs Hardware rozcestn k de Hardware Begriffskl rung fr Hardware homonymie it Hardware disambigua ml pl Hardware ujednoznacznienie fi Hardware t smennyssivu sv Hardware tl Hardwer paglilinaw th tr Donan m ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Proprietary hardware is computerhardware whose interface is controlled by the proprietor , often under patent or trade secret trade secret protection . Historically, most early computerhardware was designed as proprietary until the 1980s, when IBM PC changed this paradigm. Earlier, in 1970s, many vendors tried to challenge IBM s monopoly in the mainframe computer market by reverse engineering and producing hardware components electrically compatible with expensive equipment and usually able to run the same software. Those vendors were nicknamed plug compatible manufacturers PCMs . See also Vendor lock in Hardware restrictions Micro Channel architecture , a commonly cited historical example of proprietary hardware Proprietary software Compu hardware stub DEFAULTSORT Proprietary Hardware Category Computer peripherals Category Proprietary hardware ... more details
Hardware mixing is a performance feature of computer audio hardware which enables sound card s to receive multiple audio streams and play them all at the same time. Hardware mixing improves performance by offloading audio mixing operations from the CPU and performing them at hardware speeds. In addition to mixing, the hardware performs related operations such as sample rate conversion SRC , attenuation, and, optionally, 3D processing that would otherwise need to be performed in software. On Microsoft Windows , hardware mixing is also referred to as hardware buffering or as DirectSound hardware acceleration . Those cards which offer hardware mixing include professional multichannel audio interfaces and Creative Labs X Fi, Live & Audigy series soundcards. Fact date June 2009 DxDiag can be used to test if the audio hardware supports hardware mixing. See also Sound card DirectSound External links http www.alsa project.org jfulmer alsa faq.html Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA FAQs Categories Category Computer peripherals Category Sound cards Category Audio mixing ... more details
Hardware Secrets is a leading US based PC hardware review website, published by Brazil born Gabriel Torres . Torres is also the owner of the largest website about computers in South America , Clube do Hardware . Hardware Secrets motto is Uncomplicating the Complicated. This approach has often given Hardware Secrets a unique edge over other PC hardware review websites by providing a number of how to articles, data sheets and computer autopsies, including the very popular http www.hardwaresecrets.com article 327 Anatomy of Switching Power Supplies . Hardware Secrets was launched in 1999, with its current design and focus introduced in January 2005. External links http www.hardwaresecrets.com Hardware Secrets website Category Computing websites Category Internet forums ... more details
unreferenced date July 2009 In computing , Hardware acceleration is the use of computerhardware to perform some function faster than is possible in computer software software running on the general purpose Central processing unit CPU . Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing unit s GPUs and instructions for complex operations in CPUs. Normally, processors are sequential, and instructions are executed one by one. Various techniques are used to improve performance hardware acceleration is one of them. The main difference between hardware and software is concurrency computer science concurrency , allowing hardware to be much faster than software. Hardware accelerators are designed for computationally intensive software code. Depending upon granularity, hardware acceleration can vary from a small functional unit to a large functional block like motion estimation in MPEG 2 . The hardware that performs the acceleration, when in a separate unit from the CPU, is referred to as a hardware accelerator , or often more specifically as graphics accelerator or floating point unit floating point accelerator , etc. Those terms, however, are older and have been replaced with less descriptive terms like video card or graphics card . Many hardware accelerators are built on top of field programmable gate array chips. Recently, regular expression hardware acceleration has been gaining popularity in the server industry, owing to very noticeable speed ups in anti spam techniques spam control . citation needed date January 2011 See also Coprocessor Field programmable gate array GPGPU SSL acceleration TCP Offload Engine Categories Category Central processing unit Category Gate arrays Category Graphics hardware de Hardwarebeschleunigung es Aceleraci n por hardware eu Hardware bidezko azelerazio fr Acc l ration mat rielle gl Aceleraci n por hardware ko it Acceleratore informatica nl Hardware acceleratie ja ru ... more details
dictdef Electronic hardware refers to interconnected Electronics electronic components which perform analog circuit analog or Digital electronics logic operations on received and locally stored information to produce as output or store resulting new information or to provide control for output actuator mechanisms. Electronic hardware can range from individual Computer chips chips electrical network circuits to distributed information processing systems. Well designed electronic hardware is composed of hierarchies of functional modules which inter communicate via precisely defined interfaces. Hardware logic The term hardware logic is primarily a differentiation of the data processing circuitry from other more generalized circuitry. For example nearly all computers include a power supply which consists of circuitry not involved in data processing but rather powering the data processing circuits. Similarly, a computer may output information to a computer monitor or audio amplifier which is also not involved in the computational processes. Electronics stub DEFAULTSORT Electronic Hardware Category Electronics terms Category Electronic engineering ... more details
Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer networking computer network . Typically, this includes Router computing router s, network switch switches , ethernet hub hubs , Gateway telecommunications gateways , wireless access point access point s, network interface card s, Networking cables , network bridge s, modem s, Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN adapters , Firewall computing firewalls and other equipments. In the most common modernor portable and hand held devices. Other hardware prevalent within computer networking is datacenter equipment such as file server s, database server s and storage area network storage area s , network service s such as Domain name system DNS , DHCP , email etc as well as other specific network devices such as Content Delivery Network content delivery . Other diverse devices which may be considered Networking hardware include mobile phone s, Personal digital assistant PDAs and even modern coffee machine s. As technology grows and Internet Protocol IP based networks are integrated into building infrastructure and household utilities, network hardware becomes an ambiguous statement owing to the increasing number of network capable endpoints. External links http fcit.usf.edu network chap3 chap3.htm USF Explanation of network hardware Commons category Network hardware Category Networking hardware be x old et Sidev rguseadmed es Hardware de red pt Hardware de rede ru ... more details
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