TheHalifaxJones@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days 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-square93fedilinkarrow-up1835arrow-down112
arrow-up1823arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareChivera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·12 days agoSame here and when people refer to the PC tower as the CPU
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·12 days 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-up3·10 days agoIt was a thing moreso in the '90s.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoI was using computers in the '90s. Guess it just wasn’t ubiquitous.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days 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”.