[XO] Overclocking (and not only) Glossary

[FireKillerGR]

Hey guys,

this is the glossary I was talking about.
It includes most of the words that an overclocker use. If I have forgotten some, I will try to add them later

Glossary that is necessary for overclockers (regarding PC Hardware):

CPU|Central Processing Unit
Mobo.|Motherboard/Mainboard
RAM|Random Access Memory
GPU.|Graphics Processing Unit
PSU|Power Supply Unit
SSD|Solid-state drive
HDD|Hard Disk Drive
Benchtable|A 'special' case/table that gives you access on hardware easier
OS|Operating System
Tweak|Fine-tune; settings mostly

Glossary for overclocking:

LN2|Liquid Nitrogen -temperature -198C
Pot|A Dice or Ln2 container to cool either CPU, Gpu, RAM or North-Bridge
Cascade|Dual Stage Cooling System around -90~C
SS|Single Stage Cooling System around -40~C
Dewar|A special made tank to carry transfer
Dice|Dry Ice -78C
TEC|Thermoelectric cooling
Chilled WC|Using Ice to cool pump or radiator to low temepratures of the wc loop
CBB|Cold Boot Bug mean a temperature that a hardware cannot operate during boot
CB|Cold Bug means a temperature that hardware cannot operate
LOD|Level of Detail
Copy Wazza or just Wazza|Copy-paste method to increase available memory before Superpi32M
PLL|Phase locked load
IMC|Integrated Memory Controller
Nb|North-bridge chip
Sb|South-bridge chip
iGPU|Intergrated GPU
Bclock|Base clock
Vmod|Volt mod
VR|Variable Resistor
OCP|Over-Current Protection
OVP|Over-Voltage Protection
vCore|Core Voltage; mostly cpu/gpu
vDroop|Voltage droop under load
vMem|Memory Voltage; can be found as vDram
vGPU|Gpu's core Voltage
vPLL|PLL's voltage
VDDA voltage|same as PLL Voltage
VDDNB voltage|NB PLL Voltage
VDDIO voltage|DRAM Voltage
VCCSA voltage|System Agent Voltage
VTT/VCCIO voltage|IMC Voltage
PCH|Platform Controller Hub
PCI-E|Pci Express
DMM|Digital multimeter
Zombie|Using the electronic circuit from a card to an other

Please let me know what did I forget.
Will post some later

Useful links

Link back to the discussion:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182495

Link to the [XO] Tweaked and Tiny Operating Systems thread:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2884450#post2884450

Link to the [XO] Motherboard's Post Codes & Meaning:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2884451#post2884451


thanks d1nky for reminding me vdda, vddnb & vddio