"Overclocking Acronyms for Dummies" - Page 13 - Overclock.net

The Will · 07-07-07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kopi

If it were me, I'd change some stuff to be a little more obvious.

CRT = Colour Ray Tube or whatever...well...if someone reads that they still wont know that when most people say CRT they are referring to the jumbo massive monitors.

That sorta thing, not just what they stand for but what they are.

Pictures and perhaps a diagram would be nice also. Just to explain the general concepts of things like SMP etc...

I might be able to help a little with some simple diagrams etc.

**gonX** · 07-14-07

TTBT / BT = (Thermaltake) Big Typhoon
Kb (not KB) = Kilobit [8 bit = 1 byte - see byte]
Nipple = half of 1 bit (porno reference)
IPS = Instructions per second
TIM = Thermal Interface Material

Corrections --- Brackets = explanation --- Parentheses, same with lines = explanation for Spooky, and why to add/change:

DD = Danger Den [Watercooling supplier] -- more known for their watercooling than for their store.
EE = Extreme Edition [also called XE]
GHz = Gigahertz, or 1 million Hertz. -- hertz would be more correct to say than clock cycles.
GPU = Graphics Processing Unit [also called (GPU) Core]
HT = Hyperthreading [technology by Intel - simulation of 2 cores]
HTT = Hyper Transport Technology [Intel's "QDR" rival - combines the major parts of your computer, CPU, chipset etc.]
I/O (Controller) = Input/Output [do not confuse with I/O found on power buttons] -- just rename this to I/O as controller has nothing to do with it here
KB = Kilobyte [1024 bytes - do not confuse with Kb]
GB = Gigabyte [1024 megabytes - do not confuse with Gb]
MB = Megabyte [1024 kilobytes - do not confuse with Mb]
MICRON = 1 thousand of 1 millimeter [used to measure bridge sizes of a CPU]
MIPS: 1 millon IPS [see IPS]
NB (Northbridge) = Northbridge [handles all the rough data, CPU, memory (non-AMD), graphics card etc.]
NRC = Network Riser Card [old format based on PCI which became obsolete fast]
OC = Overclock [raising the speed of a component over the factory specs]
PCB = Printed Circuit Board [most common] or Process Control Block
PCI-E = PCI-Express [mostly found in 1x, 4x and 16x variants, 8x is uncommon - do not confuse with PCI-X]
Pixel Response -- remove the relative comment or add a "generally" in front of it
RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks - it's not because the servers with 4x15K RPM harddrives are inexpensive eh?
SB = South Bridge or Sound Blaster
SDR = Single Data Rate [see DDR]
SDSL = Synchronous Digital Service Line [uncommon, more common is ADSL]
SMbus = System Management (bus) [used in conjunction with SMBus] (remove BUS from abbrevation as it's not a part of the abbrevation)
SOUTHBRIDGE (remove or change following) = Deals with the "fine" stuff, as opposed to the NB, such as IDE and USB devices
TB = Terrabyte [1024 Gigabytes - do not confuse with Tb]
TC = Thermal Compound [also/see TIM] / Turbo Cache [most common]
TT = Thermaltake [company known for the high-performance PSU's and HSF'es]
VC = Video Card [though incorrect, it's also called GPU]
WI-FI = Wireless connections [commonly confused with - though no such thing - Wireless Fidelity]
XE = Extreme Edtion [also called EE]

jedthered · 07-16-07

Just signed on today,
have had some overclocking experiance but its things like this that make it easier for us noobs.
cheers

**The Duke** · 07-16-07

RIMM ie; Rambus Inline Memory Module

Go Gators! · 07-18-07

Where are all the gaming acros like...
FTW = for the win
Teh = I don't even know, but people who use this generally use "leet speech".

cgrado · 07-22-07

as gaming is not the main purpose those don't belong here. But things like forum acros do.
Afaik- as far as i know. etc

NuVo · 08-14-07

Very informative

Demonkiller · 09-16-07

Nice Guide BTW

Tricky · 10-20-07

You guys forgot one: Bump

MasterKromm · 10-20-07

Acronyms, just a few off the top of my head that I didn't see:

VRM : Voltage regulator module (basically a VRM is an installable module or integrated electronics component that sense a CPU's voltage requirements and ensures that the correct voltage is maintained).
PLL : Phase locked loop . (A phase-locked loop circuit responds to both the frequency and the phase of the input signals, automatically raising or lowering the frequency of a controlled oscillator until it is matched to the reference in both frequency and phase. A phase-locked loop is an example of a control system using negative feedback.) <-Courtesy of Wiki (the rest are my own definitions ><.
VID : Voltage Identification (typically refers to <voltage>power modules used to control the supply voltage <ususally ranging btwn 1.5V-3.5V> IE the base component that controls functions such as EIST and C1E.
EIST : Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology.
C1E : Enhanced halt state.

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