T - Definitions
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TCO (total cost of ownership)
Total cost of ownership is a calculation to assess direct and indirect expenses and benefits related to the purchase of a product or infrastructure component.
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Teraplex (Teraplex Integration Center)
Teraplex (short for Teraplex Integration Center) is the name IBM has given to its 'real life' testing centers whose purpose is to allow IBM customers and business partners to test very large database (VLDB) applications on a full-scale basis by using...
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The Green Grid Performance Indicator (PI)
The Green Grid Performance Indicator (PI) is a set of metrics designed to help information technology (IT) teams assess current and future data center cooling performance. PI was developed by The Green Grid in 2016.
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the Open19 project
The Open19 project is aimed at standardizing servers, storage and networking components into a common set of form factors for any Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 19-inch data center rack. The initiative was launched by LinkedIn Corp. in 2016.
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TIA-942
TIA-942 is a standard developed by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to define guidelines for planning and building data centers, particularly with regard to cabling systems and network design...(Continued)
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tin whiskers
Tin whiskers are individual crystals of tin that grow spontaneously from a tinned surface, usually as a result of stress of some sort... (Continued)
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total benefit of ownership (TBO)
Total benefit of ownership is the sum of measurable and intangible returns that a company receives from investing in assets and/or personnel.
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twin server (0.5 U server)
A twin server has two compute nodes housed side-by-side in 1U of data center rack space. Because each server node fills half of 1U, a twin server may also be referred to as a 0.5U server.
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twisted pair
Twisted pair is the ordinary copper wire that connects home and many business computers to the telephone company. (Continued...)