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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
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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
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Windows 2000

A much user-friendlier and hardware supportive version of the Microsoft Windows NT family of Operating Systems. Windows 2000 while not officially declared as NT 5.0 is basically just Windows NT 5.0 with Plug and Play support, EFS, NTFS 5.0 and a host of other features that are not available in Windows NT 4.x.
Windows 2000 is the best microsoft operating system available right now.
by Gary Destruction August 28, 2003
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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
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operating system

Abbreviated "OS", an operating system is software that provides the user with an interface as well as hardware support and support to run and use applications. Operating systems also accept input and display output by communicating with hardware and interacting with any respective applications or system software that might be using that hardware.
Windows, Windows NT, MacOS, UNIX, Novell Netware, DOS, BSD and BeOS are all examples of operating systems. Linux on the other hand, is a kernel.
by Gary Destruction June 21, 2003
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blue screen of death

1. An error message that appears on the Microsoft Windows 9.x platform. It may appear because of hardware problems, driver issues, viruses, a problem with Windows, overclocked processor or other reasons.

2. An error message that appears on the Micrsoft Windows NT/2000/XP platform due driver or hardware problems. It is also referred to as a "STOP Error" because the word "STOP" is displayed at the top of the screen. The NT/2000/XP blue screen of death usually provides more detailed information than the Win 9.x blue screen of death.
1. Bad RAM has been known to cause the blue screen of death on Windows 9.x computers.

2. A driver problem may cause Windows NT/2000/XP to display a blue screen of death containing a physical memory dump.
by Gary Destruction June 10, 2003
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anarchy

1. From the political left, anarchy is a state of complete freedom characterized by unity, peace and equality all in the absense of a governing force.

2. From the politcal right, anarchy is a state of complete chaos and disorder. Anarcho-capitalism is an example of right-winged anarchy.

3. Politics: A radical form of direct democracy
1. Some people believe that anarchy could work.

2. Street punks believe in right-winged anarchy (chaos)

3. Depsite being an alleged lack of authority, some anarchists believe in anarchy as direct democracy.
by Gary Destruction September 1, 2003
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