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silicon lottery

silicon lottery noun: the uncertainty surrounding microprocessors' overclocking potential, which is typically unknown to a consumer (so that, by chance, some get products that prove able to overclock better than others).

Noun

silicon lottery (plural silicon lotteries)

  1. The uncertainty surrounding microprocessors' overclocking potential, which is typically unknown to a consumer (so that, by chance, some get products that prove able to overclock better than others).

Forms of silicon lottery

pluralsilicon lotteries

Questions about silicon lottery

What does silicon lottery mean?
Silicon lottery means the uncertainty surrounding microprocessors' overclocking potential, which is typically unknown to a consumer (so that, by chance, some get products that prove able to overclock better than others).
What part of speech is silicon lottery?
Silicon lottery is a noun.
What is the plural of silicon lottery?
The plural of silicon lottery is silicon lotteries.

Words near silicon lottery in the dictionary

  1. silicon hydride
  2. silicon hydrides
  3. silicon iron
  4. silicon irons
  5. silicon lotteries
  6. silicon lottery
  7. Silicon Mallee
  8. silicon monoxide
  9. silicon nitride
  10. silicon nitrides
  11. silicon oxide

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