Definitions
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- noun computing, dated An
expansion mechanism forARM -based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatibleprinted circuit board that plugs into abackplane inside the machine.
Etymologies
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The patented cold-aisle containment system integrates an overhead cooling module, building the air conditioning units into the top of a "podule" of cabinets packed with servers.
CSE - Top Articles 2009
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Virgin SpaceShip2 podule jetwing paratroops on cards?
The Register 2009
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Speculation is mounting that the Vpod, a mysterious new product pre-announced this week, could be a graphics card on a podule for RiscPC-class machines.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
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The software to drive such a device exists and using the podule bus won't result in as much of a performance hit as you'd expect.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
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Speculation is mounting that the Vpod, a mysterious new product pre-announced this week, could be a graphics card on a podule for RiscPC-class machines.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
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I had various problems with the predecessors of the UniPod, namely Simtec IDE, Net100 and the USB podule.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
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It's whispered the Vpod, which is believed to be a RiscPC-compatible podule with an embedded video processor, networking, USB and IDE hard disc interface, will feature 8MB of on-board video RAM and Simtec's IDEFS on a Flash ROM.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
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Virgin SpaceShip2 podule jetwing paratroops on cards?
The Register 2009
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The IDE podule gave various hard-to-trackdown, nearly random problems with CD writer ATAPI access, while it worked fine (albeit quite slow compared to a RapIDE or a Blitz) for harddiscs.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
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The software to drive such a device exists and using the podule bus won't result in as much of a performance hit as you'd expect.
Drobe Launchpad News 2009
alexz commented on the word podule
The Register looks into the origins of the word 'podule', and it's not just pod plus module as silly wictionary thinks... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/07/podule_podule_podule/
The Reg and it's fondness and overuse of this word aside, the term podule predates the ARM based chips in the definition above, it also refers to PCMCIA modems in the 90's, books.google.ca/books?id=cPNIAQAAIAAJ
Airplane parts in the 20th century, - books.google.ca/books?id=etQ9AQAAIAAJ
module of a ship - books.google.ca/books?id=6aPxAAAAMAAJ
'pod' architecture in the 70's books.google.ca/books?id=SdtOAAAAYAAJ
Morons from Outer Space (1985) had space podules.
Virgin Galactic's Spaceship2 has podules
podule popup hotel rooms - mini hotels on a trailer.
June 9, 2013