On 03/29/2013 01:46 PM, Dale wrote: > »Q« wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:54:37 +0000 >> Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On 29 March 2013, at 03:36, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: >>>>> ... >>>>>> I can only imagine he was pointing out that you have a single CPU >>>>>> with four cores in it. >>>>> You're right, of course. I should have said /cores/. >>>> Cores or CPUs.. in this context it's *almost*, __NOT EXACTLY__ same. >>> Which is exactly what was so twitch inducing! >> Whatever you do, don't read the first sentence at >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_processor>. >> >> >> > > Especially this FIRST part: > > "A *multi-core processor* is a single computing > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing> component . . ." > > So, it is a SINGLE component. To me, CPUs means having more than one > CPU component, such as dual CPUs or even quad CPUs which used to be > fairly common. > > I have a single CPU computer. It has 4 cores but a single CPU. I hope > to upgrade one day to a 8 core CPU. I'll still have a single CPU > component installed tho. > > This is getting really funny. ROFL You can tell when the list is > getting slow when we start parsing each word and each words meaning. ;-)
The list hasn't been slow all week. ^^
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