Desktop PC

Desktop PC

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

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channel capacity

Computer; Desktop PC

The speed at which a communications channel can transfer information,measured in bits per second or in baud.

channel hop

Computer; Desktop PC

To switch repeatedly from one IRC channel to another.

channel op

Computer; Desktop PC

Short for channel operator. A user on an IRC channel who has the privilege of expelling undesirable participants.

A letter, number, punctuation mark, or other symbolor control code that is represented to a computer by one unit—1 byte—0f information. A character is notnecessarily visible, either on the screen or ...

character cell

Computer; Desktop PC

A rectangular block of pixels thatrepresents the space in which a given character is drawn on the screen. Computer displays use different numbers ofpixels as character cells. Character cells are not ...

character code

Computer; Desktop PC

A specificcode that represents a particular character in a set such as the ASCII character set. The character code for a givenkey depends on whether another key, such as Shift, is pressed at the same ...