data center
noun[C]
US(UKdata centre)us/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə ˌsen.t̬ɚ//ˈdæt̬.ə ˌsen.t̬ɚ/uk/ˈdeɪ.tə ˌsen.tər/(alsodata farm)abuildingcontainingmanypowerfulcomputersand thesystemsneededtokeepthemrunning, so thatlargeamountsofdata(=computerinformation)can bedealtwitheffectivelyand withoutinterruption:
Theperformanceof thedatacenter'scoolingsystemsis ofcriticalimportance.
Adatafarmisessentialforlargecompanieswho need togatherandprocesslargeamountsofinformationin anefficientmanner.
- Manycountriesaretryingtoattractcloudcomputingdatacenters.
- Theyestablishedadatacenterin Bangalore,India, which isexpectedtotripleinsizeby the end of nextyear.
- Plenty ofcompaniescreatetheirowndatafarmsso they canhousetheirserverinfrastructure,ensureconstantconnectivity, andcomputelargeamountsofdata.
- Everyone whoworksin thedatafarmisfocusedonmaintainingthetechnologyandfixingproblemsquicklytominimizedowntime.
Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- beamer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- card reader
- CPU
- gamepad
- graphics card
- hard drive
- optically
- palmtop
- parallel port
- patch intosomething
- pen drive
- phablet
- printer
- ROM
- silicon chip
- whiteboard
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Operating computers