uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is a device that allows your computer to keep running for at least a short time when the primary power source is lost. It also provides protection from power surges. A UPS contains a battery that "kicks in" when the device senses a loss of power from the primary source. If you are using the computer when the UPS notifies you of the power loss, you have time to save any data you are working on and exit gracefully before the secondary power source (the battery) runs out. When all power runs out, any data in your computer's random access memory (RAM) is erased. When power surges occur, a UPS intercepts the surge so that it doesn't damage your computer.
Software is available that automatically backs up (saves) any data that is being worked on when the UPS becomes activated.

Digital Visual Interface (DVI)

Alto the first GUI computer

Xerox Alto The Xerox Alto is the first computer designed from its inception to support an operating system based on a graphical user interface (GUI), later using the desktop metaphor . The first machines were introduced on 1 March 1973, a decade before mass market GUI machines arose.

Intel

How Intel Got Its Name Intel was founded in 1968 by two ex-Fairchild Semiconductor employees, Gordon E. Moore and Robert N. Noyce. The company was originally called "N M Electronics." Legend has it, their preferred name — "Moore Noyce Electronics" — sounded too similar to "more noise," not a great brand message in that industry. "Integrated Electronics" was considered as a possible name, but was taken, so the first syllables of each word were used instead. "Intel," described by Noyce as "sort of sexy," was eventually agreed upon. The pair then purchased the "Intel" trademark from the Intelco hotel chain for just $15,000. Intel Once Made Watches In 1972, Intel moved into the jewelry market with the acquisition of digital watch maker Microma. At the time, digital watches were considered seriously high-tech, selling for hundreds of dollars, so the move was not a surprising one. The antici...

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