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Encased desiccant, generally inserted in the liquid line of a refrigeration system and sometimes in the suction line, to remove entrained moisture, acids, and other contaminants

A pre-defined set of files that are used within a benchmark workload. Usually a fileset has specific characteristics that are relevant to how the benchmark performs its work

A cable containing one or more optical fibers as specified in IEEE 802.3, 15.3.1

An architectural term that refers to the arrangement, proportion, and design of window, skylight, and door systems within a building

Forward error correction

Frame check sequence

The ability of a system to respond gracefully and meet the system performance specifications to an unexpected hardware or software failure. There are many levels of fault tolerance, the lowest being the ability to continue operation in the event of a power failure. Many fault-tolerant computer systems mirror all operations. That is, every operation is performed on two or more duplicate systems, so if one fails, the other can take over

A heat sink with a fan directly and permanently attached

Device for moving air by two or more blades or vanes attached to a rotating shaft.
* Airfoil fan: Shaped blade in a fan assembly to optimize flow with less turbulence
* Axial fan: Fan that moves air in the general direction of the axis about which it rotates
* Centrifugal fan: Fan in which the air enters the impeller axially and leaves it substantially in a radial direction
* Propeller fan: Fan in which the air enters and leaves the impeller in a direction substantially parallel to its axis

As an adjective, executable means that the described item can be executed. In computer talk, executable has been also used as a noun, where it means an executable program, or in other words, something that is ready to run without further modification. Commonly, the term executable is used to refer to the binary file that is the final result of compiling source code