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Desktop PC

Any personal computing system that is small enough to be used at a desk.

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Symbol set

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Any collection of symbols legitimised by a data-coding system,such as extended ASCII, or a programming language.

Symmetric digital subscriber line

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A digital telecommunications technology that allows data transmission at speeds up to 384 Kbps in both directions through copper wire.

Synchronous operation

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1、Any procedure under the control of a clock or timing mechanism. 2、In communications and bus operation, data transfer accompanied by clock pulses either embedded in the data stream or provided ...

Synchronisation

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1、In networking, a communications transmission in which multibyte packets of data are sent and received at a fixed rate. 2、In networking, the matching of timing between computers on the network, to ...

Synchronous DRAM

Computer; Desktop PC

A form of dynamic RAM that can run at higher clock speeds than conventional DRAM by employing a bursting technique in which the DRAM predicts the address of the next memory location to be accessed.

Synthesiser

Computer; Desktop PC

A computer peripheral,chip, or stand-alone system that generates sound from digital instructions rather than through manipulation ofphysical equipment or recorded sound.

Synchronous UART

Computer; Desktop PC

Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) that supports synchronous serial transmission, where the sender and receiver share a timing signal.

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