Friday, January 28, 2011

IT Glossary

This is when there is more information than can be properly handled. It is often used to describe the production of a number larger than a variable can handle. For instance, if you are expecting 10 digits but receive 11, that’s overflow.

A processor upgrade sold by Intel that is used to upgrade an older processor to a newer, faster processor.

The act of running a chip at a higher clock speed than it was specified for. Very often, chips are capable of running faster than they are specified for, and thus can be safely overclocked. You overclock a chip by setting it at a higher bus speed, a higher multiplier, or both. Sometimes you need to set the chip to run at a higher voltage to accomplish this, further increasing the heat output of the chip.

The process of recording more than 74 minutes of audio or more than 650 MB of data onto a CD-R disk. There are software programs that allow you to do this, and now there is media that supports larger storage than the standard CD-R normally holds.