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    The Socket 8 CPU socket was used exclusively with the Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium II Overdrive computer processors. Intel discontinued Socket 8 in favor...
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    Socket AM5 (LGA 1718) is a zero insertion force flip-chip land grid array (LGA) CPU socket designed by AMD that is used for AMD Ryzen microprocessors starting...
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    In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor...
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    Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. It was released in June 1995. The...
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  • It was originally released for 486 motherboards, and later some Pentium sockets. Intel dropped the brand, as it failed to appeal to corporate buyers, and...
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  • Thumbnail for AC power plugs and sockets
    AC power plugs and sockets connect devices to mains electricity to supply them with electrical power. A plug is the connector attached to an electrically-operated...
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    WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing a simultaneous two-way communication channel over a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)...
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    Socket AM4 is a PGA microprocessor socket used by AMD's central processing units (CPUs) built on the Zen (including Zen+, Zen 2 and Zen 3) and Excavator...
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    Slot 1 (category Intel CPU sockets)
    transition from socket to slot necessary. Previously with the Pentium Pro, Intel had combined processor and cache dies in the same Socket 8 package. These...
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    Socket 478, also known as mPGA478 or mPGA478B, is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs. Socket 478 was launched...
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    used for the following forms: 2-socket = round material with two surfaces 4-socket = profile square section 6-socket, 8-square = regular polygons The width...
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  • VIA Technologies. Northbridge chips are listed first, primarily by CPU-socket or CPU-family; southbridge chips are listed in a later table. VIA chipsets...
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    Slotket (category CPU sockets)
    slot-based motherboards. Slotkets were first created to allow the use of Socket 8 Pentium Pro processors on Slot 1 motherboards. However, only a few number...
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    Socket G2, also known as rPGA 988B is Intel's CPU socket used with their line of mobile Core i7, the successor to the Core 2 line, and also with several...
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    Socket A (also known as Socket 462) is a zero insertion force pin grid array (PGA) CPU socket used for AMD processors ranging from the Athlon Thunderbird...
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    pin grid array (SPGA) is used by Intel processors based on Socket 5 and Socket 7. Socket 8 used a partial SPGA layout on half the processor. It consists...
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    Single-Component 8-bit Microcontroller, ext. ROM socket (2758/2716/2732), 256 byte RAM, 27 I/O ports Intel 8648 – Single-Component 8-bit Microcontroller...
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    these were available as Pentium OverDrive that would fit into older CPU sockets. In parallel with the P5 microarchitecture, Intel developed the P6 microarchitecture...
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    is 8 and the maximum number of PCIe 5.0 lanes is 128 with a Threadripper PRO CPU and a WRX90 motherboard. Ryzen Socket sWRX8 Socket sTRX4 Socket SP6...
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    configurations and only came in one form factor, the relatively large rectangular Socket 8. The Pentium Pro was succeeded by the Pentium II Xeon in 1998. The lead...
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  • Thumbnail for Socket 939
    Socket 939 (also known as Socket AM1) is a CPU socket released by AMD in June 2004 to supersede the previous Socket 754 for Athlon 64 processors. Socket...
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  • A network socket is a software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the...
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    different pin configuration to Socket FM2 with two additional pin sockets. Socket FM2+ APUs are not compatible with Socket FM2 motherboards due to the aforementioned...
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  • Thumbnail for AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types
    Plugs and sockets for electrical appliances not hardwired to mains electricity originated in the United Kingdom in the 1870s and were initially two-pin...
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    LGA 2011 (redirect from Socket R)
    called Socket R, is a CPU socket by Intel released on November 14, 2011. It launched along with LGA 1356 to replace its predecessor, LGA 1366 (Socket B) and...
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    variants) Pentium Pro Pentium II Overdrive (a Pentium II chip in the 387 pin Socket 8) Pentium II Pentium II Xeon Pentium III Pentium III Xeon Upon release of...
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    LGA 1155 (redirect from Socket H2)
    LGA 1155, also called Socket H2, is a zero insertion force flip-chip land grid array (LGA) CPU socket designed by Intel for their CPUs based on the Sandy...
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    cache: 512 KB external chip on CPU module running at 100% of CPU speed Socket: Socket 8 Front-side bus: 60 or 66 MT/s, GTL+ VCore: 3.1–3.3 V (Has on-board...
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    Socket.IO is an event-driven library for real-time web applications. It enables real-time, bi-directional communication between web clients and servers...
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  • CEE 7 is a standard for alternating-current plugs and sockets. First published in 1951 by the former International Commission on the Rules for the Approval...
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