Gary Destruction's definitions

Opteron

A 64-bit processor created by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). It is capable of handling 32-bit applications with no compromise in performance.

The AMD(R) Operton(TM) is the latest edition to the growing family of processors from Advanced Micro Devices.

by Gary Destruction September 8, 2003

NT 4 Workstation

See NT

by Gary Destruction July 21, 2003

hal

Acronym for Hardware Abstraction Layer. The HAL is used by NT-based Operating Systems to handle hardware. This prevents the OS from having direct access to hardware.

The HAL is one of the main reaons that NT-based OS's are more stable than Win9.x.

by Gary Destruction November 19, 2003

Operating systems

See operating system

by Gary Destruction June 23, 2003

maroon

1. A color between red and brown
2. A stupid person; a fool

1. She's wearing maroon pants
2. "What a maroon." -- Bugs Bunny

by Gary Destruction June 10, 2003

paradox

1. Something or someone that exists or behaves in contradiction to itself or himself
2. Application from the Corel Office Suite

1. He fought a battle that he was ultimately opposed to.
2. Some companies use Corel Paradox for their databases

by Gary Destruction June 19, 2003

technodrome

Mobile doomday device and base that supervillains Shredder and Krang used on the Archie cartoon and comic versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Oh no! Shredder and Krang have managed to get the technodrome free from Dimension-X!

by Gary Destruction September 8, 2003