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  2. Headphones - Wikipedia

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    Headphones are also known as earphones[1] or, colloquially, cans. [2] Circumaural (around the ear) and supra-aural (over the ear) headphones use a band over the top of the head to hold the drivers in place. Another type, known as earbuds or earpieces, [1] consists of individual units that plug into the user's ear canal.

  3. DirectX Diagnostic Tool - Wikipedia

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    DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DxDiag) is a diagnostics tool used to test DirectX functionality and troubleshoot video- or sound-related hardware problems. DirectX Diagnostic can save text files with the scan results. These files are often posted in tech forums or attached to support emails in order to give support personnel a better idea of the PC ...

  4. User guide - Wikipedia

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    A user guide, also commonly known as a user manual, is intended to assist users in using a particular product, service or application. It's usually written by a technician, product developer, or a company's customer service staff. Most user guides contain both a written guide and associated images. In the case of computer applications, it is ...

  5. Diamond Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Diamond Multimedia is an American company that specializes in many forms of multimedia technology. They have produced graphics cards, motherboards, modems, sound cards and MP3 players; however, the company began with the production of the TrackStar, an add-on card for IBM PC compatibles which emulates Apple II computers.

  6. Enhanced Graphics Adapter - Wikipedia

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    IBM 8514, Video Graphics Array. The Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) is an IBM PC graphics adapter [ 2 ][ 3 ] and de facto computer display standard from 1984 that superseded the CGA standard introduced with the original IBM PC, and was itself superseded by the VGA standard in 1987. In addition to the original EGA card manufactured by IBM, many ...

  7. Portable media player - Wikipedia

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    The MTV video format (no relation to the cable network) consists of a 512-byte file header that operates by displaying a series of raw image frames during MP3 playback. [73] During this process, audio frames are passed to the chipset's decoder, while the memory pointer of the display's hardware is adjusted to the next image within the video stream.

  8. GPU-Z - Wikipedia

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    GPU-Z. TechPowerUp GPU-Z (or just GPU-Z) is a lightweight utility designed to provide information about video cards and GPUs. [2] The program displays the specifications of Graphics Processing Unit (often shortened to GPU) and its memory; also displays temperature, core frequency, memory frequency, GPU load and fan speeds. [3]

  9. Costco says its new member ID scanners at entrances are good ...

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    Costco installed ID scanners at more than half of its US warehouses and says the system is working. CEO Ron Vachris said the devices help things run more smoothly — for the company and its ...