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FSB
Front side bus. The data path and physical interface between the
microprocessor
and
RAM
.
ft
Foot (feet). A measurement of length that equals 12 inches.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A standard Internet protocol to exchange files between
computers on the Internet. Like
http
, which transfers
HTML
pages and
related files, FTP is a protocol that uses the Internet's
TCP/IP
protocols.
G
Gravities. A measurement of weight and force.
g
Gram. A measurement of mass and weight.
GB
Gigabyte. A measurement of data or drive storage capacity that equals 1024
MB
(1,073,741,824
bytes
).
GHz
Gigahertz. A measurement of frequency that equals one thousand million
Hz
, or one thousand
MHz
.
GUI
Graphical user interface. Software that interacts with the user by means of
menus, windows, and icons. Most applications that operate on the Microsoft
Windows
OS
are GUIs.
Hard-Drive Controller
A computer component that provides an interface with an individual hard
drive. With the introduction of
IDE
, the controller was produced as a
chip
integrated into the hard-drive housing, whereas it was previously a dedicated
expansion card
. See also
Controller
.
Heat Sink
A piece of heat-conductive metal that can be attached to the top of a
chip
,
such as the
microprocessor
, to draw heat away and allow the chip to operate
at a cooler temperature.