The meaning of "Celeron"

[FishTankX]

Okay, so studying the SAT payed off!

You know how Duron is made of two components, Dure and On?

Dure=durable or lasting On=unit so it's something that's suposed to last you a while

Well, this is a really good joke but...

Celer=swift (Accelerate, increase swiftness. Decelerate. Decrease swiftness.)
On=Unit

Celeron=something that's swift

Anybody ever got the impression that this was a hidden message when the Celeron300A was released?
Then again, under the current circumstances, they should call it the Deceleron...

:Q

 

[Vegito]

I dont remember but it was discussed two years ago...

Celery On - celery powered ?

 

[AndyHui]

I would disagree that the Tualatin Celeron 1.2GHz is underpowered, especially when you can overclock it to 1.5GHz without too much difficulty.

Duron....eh? Dur is French for "HARD". So does that make is "hard-on"?

[Edit]: this is silly....I'm getting back to writing FAQs.

 

[FishTankX]

Yes, well, the 1.2GHZ Celeron may not be underpowered, but the 128K P4 most likley will be. And it didn't come from french.. it came from Latin or Greek. I've seen the AMD PR statment before... nice joke about the hardon though. 😉

 

[SCSIRAID]

We always called it the de-celeron when it didnt have an L2.

 

[MrHelpful]

<< Though it's of course less durable and solid than a Celeron. >>


Pure flamebait.


<< a cheap CPU with good performance. >>


*ahem* Why pay more for less?