Shear zone. A shear zone is a very important structural discontinuity surface in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. It forms as a response to inhomogeneous deformation partitioning strain into planar or curviplanar high-strain zones. Intervening (crustal) blocks stay relatively unaffected by the deformation.
A computer-on-a-chip combines the microprocessor core (CPU), memory, and I/O (input/output) lines onto one chip. The computer-on-a-chip patent, called the microcomputer patent at the time, U.S. Patent 4,074,351, was awarded to Gary Boone and Michael J. Cochran of TI.
A type of high-speed memory that a processor can access more rapidly than main memory. central processing unit. The part of the computer that consists of three associated elements: the arithmetic/logic unit, the control unit, and the register areas. chip and pin card. A type of card that employs a computer chip that communicates with a card reader using radio frequencies; it does not need to be swiped at a terminal.