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many of the tech terms we're very familiar with today actually come from

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ancient times well maybe not ancient but perhaps ancient in computer years today

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we're going to talk about the origins of some of these commonplace terms starting

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with RAM RAM stands for Random Access Memory but how exactly does that make

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sense when you're using your computer it doesn't pick the data you're trying to

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access randomly so what's with the name well RAM originally contrasted with

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sequential access memory M did I say mamory or Sam meaning that the system

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had to go through the storage medium in sequence until it found what it wanted

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magnetic tape delay line memory and drum memory are examples of this the random

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in random access refers to how your PC doesn't have to search through the

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physical media in order whenever the user requests something it can instead

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just go right to the relevant data directly solid state media is a great

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example of this modern RAM sticks are solid state but ssds are also

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technically a form of Random Access Memory although we don't refer to ssds

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as such their Random Access nature is a big part of why they're so fast compared

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to Old mechanical spinning hard drives and of course working memory which we

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refer to as RAM today is very fast allowing your system to access data from

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running programs way faster than it could from even the fastest consumer

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ssds although the word random isn't all

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that intuitive it is still correct but maybe a better name would be targeted

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access memory with that little dog for a mascot love that guy is he still alive

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next let's examine the term chipset you know like you'd find on your motherboard

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originally a chipset was indeed a set of chips that handled input and output to

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and from the PC as well as other functions early chipsets had separate

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chips for clock generation and controlling interrupts so that your

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keyboard would work however these functions were soon integrated into the

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CPU itself but the concept of a set of chips to handle I/O still remained as

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eventually chipsets Consolidated into a North Bridge and a South Bridge the

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former connected directly to the CPU as well as performance sensitive components

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like PCI slots and RAM while the latter the self Bridge provided connectivity

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for most other devices such as USB and audio controllers but these days having

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multiple chips in a chipset isn't very common as many components either

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directly connect to the CPU die or go through a single chip we refer to as a

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chip set Intel specifically uses the term platform controller Hub or PCH and

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maybe AMD should just adopt that term too cuz if there anything this hobby

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needs it's more acronyms but there's another old term that might be the most

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surprising of all and we'll tell you what it is right after we thank Corsair

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the all new K65 Plus Wireless is a 75%

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keyboard designed to free up desk space along for more Mouse movement it

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features preed corsera mlx red linear

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switches for for a silky smooth key press whether you're trying to go pro in

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Counterstrike or in Excel spreadsheets I'm a freak in the sheets you can also

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easily connect this to your devices with 2.4 GHz wireless Bluetooth or wired USB

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if that's still your thing learn more about the K65 Plus Wireless at the link

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in the description did you know that PC

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is actually a brand name or at least it was originally it seems weird since PC

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or personal computer makes tons of sense intuitively it's a computer and it's

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designed for one person but the modern term PC has its roots in the IBM

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personal computer capital P and capital c that was released back in 1981 now to

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be clear the IBM PC wasn't the first machine in history to be referred to as

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a personal computer but the modern PC descended from the architectures used in

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that original IBM PC Not only was it popular in its own right but rival

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companies like compact reverse engineered the IBM PC's BIOS leading to

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a large number of PC compatible clones hitting the market and further fueling

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the platform's popularity this led to the term PC becoming less of a brand

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designator and more of a term to describe a set of Standards common in

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the marketplace during the 1990s the term winel served a similar function

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designating a PC compatible system with an Intel processor and Windows operating

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system pre-installed but PC Remains the dominant term for any computer with an

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x86 based CPU especially after Apple's famous I'm a PC and I'm a Mac ad

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Campaign which helps solidify PC as a synonym for a certain class of device

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that Apple's machines are not so although it was originally a brand name

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kind of serve the same fate as Kleenex thermos and Xerox even more ironic

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considering the latter failed in the computer market so should we be calling

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new Qualcomm arm-based devices PCS even

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if they're not x86 let us know your opinion in the comments and if you want

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