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1gC – Glossary C

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Puzzled by PQ? Thrown by 3G? Nonplussed by nVidia?

Here's hoping our handy Glossary can set you straight, like a bridge over troubled water.

Glossary Project Lead: 7e10 – Sujith Prathap

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Canvas
CEO
Chrome OS
CPU

*Term*	Expansion	Explanation	More Info Links
*Term*	Expansion	Explanation	NI FAQ Wiki	External
Canvas	Canvas Image Software	• Canvas* is the graphic application included with the ADAM, combining painting and drawing tools.*	3c10 – Canvas	Introducing Eden – IV on Rohan's NI Blog, including video of Wall-e being drawn using Canvas
CEO	Chief Executive Officer	A Chief Executive Officer is the highest-ranking corporate officer (executive) or administrator in charge of total management of an organisation. • Rohan Shravan (left) is the CEO of Notion Ink, the enterprise behind ADAM.	Who are Notion Ink? on 1 – NOTION INK, COMPANY and COMMUNITY	Chief executive officer on Wikipedia
Chrome OS	Google Chrome operating system	Google Chrome OS is a forthcoming Linux operating system, based on Ubuntu and designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications. The user interface takes a minimalist approach, resembling that of the Chrome web browser. Because Google Chrome OS is aimed at users who spend most of their computer time on the Internet, the only application on the device will be a browser incorporating a media player. The expected launch date: early 2011 to mid-2011. • Notion Ink initially announced the capability of running Android, ChromeOS and Ubuntu on ADAM; but as of December 2010, there is only an Android version available, with the custom Eden user interface built on top. There is speculation^[S]that ADAM may support Chrome OS in the future.	Which OS-es does ADAM support? on 3a – All about Eden and Android 1f – OS Alternatives	Google Chrome OS on Wikipedia
CPU	Central Processing Unit	The CPU lies at the heart of a computer system, and takes care of all processing tasks. It handles the computer's arithmetic, logic and input/output operations. • ADAM has twin ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore CPUs on its nVidia Tegra2 system-on-a-chip processor (left - click to enlarge).	2b – System-on-Chip	Central processing unit on Wikipedia