Here is an example of a new type of hardware that has been
developed to accommodate the popularity of multimedia
applications and graphics-intensive Web sites on the Internet.
It is a video adapter with a processor that specifically handles
graphics, freeing up a computer's CPU (thereby raising a
computer's performance level in terms of speed, mainly). Most
computer manufacturers now bundle a graphics accelerator with
their mid- to high-end systems. NetLingo Classification: Net
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