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- adjective computing Composed of four
cores .
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Examples
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I just upgraded to a modern quadcore machine with variable fan speed control and quiet drives.
Boing Boing 2009
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Ruiz claims Web Cache beta customers cut power costs by an average of about 70 percent, and that Web Cache appliances (which ship on industry-standard 1U dual quadcore Opteron servers loaded with the requisite software and memory, as well as professional support) cost less than traditional high-DRAM servers.
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Anonymous thinks .. quadcore at live dot nl thanks
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And then next year, they are going even beyond that with the quadcore (ph), which is basically four in one.
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It'll fit nice next to my Kyma, Continuum Fingerboard, quadcore mac on order, blah blah blah.
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When encryption is used, it takes us something like 11 minutes for one crack, using a regular computer with a simple quadcore processor.
Forbes.com: News Andy Greenberg 2011
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In Sony's case, the company is going from a 333MHz maximum clock speed on the PSP to a cool 2GHz quadcore processor on the Vita, a leap the paper's model would suggest makes backward compatibility next-to-meaningless.
Ars Technica Kyle Orland 2012
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The company also says that battery life remains good, despite the increased performance, because the chips only have one 'core', while some rival devices use twin or even quadcore processors.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Matt Warman 2012
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The company also says that battery life remains good, despite the increased performance, because the chips only have one 'core', while some rival devices use twin or even quadcore processors.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Matt Warman 2012
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Even my wife who was used to a 10 "laptop for years, now has a quadcore, 30", 20 "and a 27", and wouldn't look back!
ZDNet Australia Renai LeMay 2010
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