AMD
\ˌe͡ɪˌɛmdˈiː], \ˌeɪˌɛmdˈiː], \ˌeɪ_ˌɛ_m_d_ˈiː]\
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1. Advanced Micro Devices.2. ,his system manager came in to work one morning to find his IBMsystem down with a message on the console that said "AMDfailure". After he and the service rep had puzzled overdocumentation for an hour or so they called headquarters andeventually learned that it the failure was in the coolingsystem: an AMD is an "air movement device", IBM for "fan".
By Denis Howe
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