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    Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe, PCI-E)

    Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe or PCI-E) is a serial expansion bus standard for connecting a computer to one or more peripheral devices.

  • pizza box server

    The term 'pizza box server' refers to the shape of a computer server enclosed in a rectangular and horizontally- arranged chassis and often installed in a rack with similar servers.

  • plenum

    In building construction, a plenum (pronounced PLEH-nuhm, from Latin meaning full) is a separate space provided for air circulation for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (sometimes referred to as HVAC).

  • power cycling

    Power cycling is the process of turning hardware off and then turning it on again.

  • power distribution unit (PDU)

    A power distribution unit (PDU) is a device for controlling electrical power in a data center.

  • power usage effectiveness (PUE)

    Power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a metric used to determine the energy efficiency of a data center.

  • What is parallel processing?

    Parallel processing is a method in computing of running two or more processors, or CPUs, to handle separate parts of an overall task.