TheHalifaxJones@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoYSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companieswww.nycmesh.netexternal-linkmessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1835arrow-down114
arrow-up1821arrow-down1external-linkYSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companieswww.nycmesh.netTheHalifaxJones@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squareChivera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·4 months agoSame here and when people refer to the PC tower as the CPU
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·4 months agoThat I cut a bit of slack for, because prior to the minicomputer let alone the microcomputer, the CPU would likely have been a large component like the whole system is for a desktop PC.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIt was a thing moreso in the '90s.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI was using computers in the '90s. Guess it just wasn’t ubiquitous.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI heard it in computer labs a lot at school. The “CPU tower”.
Same here and when people refer to the PC tower as the CPU
That I cut a bit of slack for, because prior to the minicomputer let alone the microcomputer, the CPU would likely have been a large component like the whole system is for a desktop PC.
I didn’t know that’s even a thing.
It was a thing moreso in the '90s.
I was using computers in the '90s. Guess it just wasn’t ubiquitous.
I heard it in computer labs a lot at school. The “CPU tower”.