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How Many Names Are There? for PC components

#1 Rimmer

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 07:45 AM

No.1 of a (probably very short) series:

The Video Card

a.k.a. the

Graphics card
Display Adapter
Video Adapter
GPU
AGP card
Graphics Processor

:thumbsup:

Does anyone have any more psudonyms?

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 09:20 AM

display board
display card,
display controller

graphics adapter
graphics board
graphics accelerator
graphics controller

video display adapter
video display board
video display card
video display controller

video board
video controller

VGA adapter
VGA board
VGA card
VGA controller

This post has been edited by KoanYorel: 06 November 2005 - 09:22 AM

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 09:50 AM

Video card thingy.... :thumbsup:

or is that just me then?

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 12:41 PM

Don't forget "Integrated Video" :thumbsup:

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 05:30 PM

Wow, nice job Koan - i'd forgotten about all the "VGA" psudonyms and I'll pay out on "graphics accelerator". :thumbsup:

Dollyeyes - of course I should include the non-techie names as well! That one covers it nicely. :flowers:

ddeerrff - yes indeed, when is a card not a card? When its integrated, onboard, built in.... got to stop now! :trumpet:

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Posted 07 November 2005 - 09:51 AM

Dollyeyes, on Nov 6 2005, 08:50 AM, said:

Video card thingy.... :thumbsup:

or is that just me then?

Uh...that would be me too; you aren't alone!!

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 04:12 AM

No. 2 in the series:

The USB Flash Drive

a.k.a.

Pen Drive
Thumb Drive
Flash Disk
Memory Stick - just to confuse everyone :thumbsup:

Thumb Flash Drive - genuine, this is from a suppliers website.
Intelligent Stick - ! another one from a suppliers website :flowers:

Micro Flash Disk - obviously it's smaller than just a Flash Disk?

anyone have any more?

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 04:37 AM

USB key
disk-on-key
key chain drive
jump drive

"Memory Stick" is a Sony trademark name for their memory card. But like many other such
names (Xerox, Kleenex, etc) it has come into use to describe similar small memory devices.

(This just for Dollyeyes... that little memory thingy;)

This post has been edited by KoanYorel: 09 November 2005 - 04:39 AM

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 07:12 AM

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key chain drive

What? they couldn't get key direct-drive to work?

Oh, the drive that goes on your key-chain - I get it! :thumbsup:

Dollyeyes' names are so good - "That little memory thingy" - and I know exactly what she's talking about. Talk to me about an "Intelligent Stick" and I'd think you were a lunatic. :flowers:

This post has been edited by Rimmer: 09 November 2005 - 07:25 AM

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 03:31 PM

Finger drive <== one of my english teachers actually called it this*
Miniture Portable USB device
Miniture Portable flash device

Just my 2 cents.

(* she forgot what it was called and said, "If you have your finger drive, er....(while student wispered it to her)... thumb drive, please use it to save your project to.)

This post has been edited by yano: 09 November 2005 - 03:32 PM

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