| G |
- Giga - one billion. 2. Grin, or Giggle (chat).
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| G/L |
General Ledger. Part of an accounting program.
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| G3 |
Apple's name for the PowerPC 750 chip.
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| Galileo |
A benchmark that tests a computer's I/O subsystem performance under a controlled load. Later renamed IOmeter.
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| game pad |
A device that allows the user to control every facet of a game via the buttons and mini-joystick on the device. Game pads are much more intuitive and easier to use than a mouse or keyboard.
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| game port |
A socket where a joystick can be attached for gaming.
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| games network |
A network of personal computers linked so the users can play games with each other.
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| gaming |
Playing games. Games played on computers include MUDs, RPGs, 3-D simulation games, etc.
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| gamut |
The range of colors a monitor can display.
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| GateD |
Gateway Daemon. Software that supports multiple routing protocols from the GateDaemon Consortium at Cornell University.
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| gated |
- Capable of being switched on and off. 2. Switched on.
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| Gatekeeper |
A set of Macintosh system extensions and control panels which offer protection against viruses. Created by Chris Johnson, Gatekeeper monitors computer activities for suspicious events in an attempt to intercept what could be variants of known viruses or completely new viruses.
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| Gates, Bill |
William Henry Gates III, co-founder of Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen.
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| gateway |
A device that connects two computer networks that use different protocols. It translates between protocols so that computers on the connected networks can exchange data. For example, commercial online services often have gateways for sending e-mail to Internet addresses.
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| Gateway 2000 |
A company in N. Sioux City, South Dakota, that manufactures PCs and sells many products by mail order.
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| Gateway Daemon |
GateD. Software that supports multiple routing protocols from the GateDaemon Consortium at Cornell University.
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| Gauss |
A unit of measurement of the strength of a magnetic field; one gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2.
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| Gauss, Carl Friedrich |
Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician (1777-1855). He discovered the method of least squares, Gaussian elimination, Gaussian primes, and Gaussian distribution, and made many other contributions to mathematics. The Gauss, a unit of measurement of electromagnetism, was named after him.
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| Gaussian distribution |
Normal distribution; the frequency distribution of many natural phenomena, which can be graphed as a bell-shaped curve.
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| Gaussian noise |
Interference generated by the movement of electricity in a communications line. Also called white noise.
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| Gb |
Giga bit. 1,024 megabits or 1 billion information bits.
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| GB |
Giga Byte. 1,024 megabytes or 1 billion characters of information.
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| Gbit |
Gigabit. One billion bits.
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| Gbps |
Gigabits per second (billion bits per second).
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| Gbyte |
Gigabyte; one billion bytes.
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