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A group that defines industry standard benchmarks that compare the ability of hardware and software platforms to perform database transactions. The performance is measured in terms of raw performance (higher is better) and US dollar cost per thousand transactions (tpmC--lower is better).
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TPC - In article , benficus@hotmail.comsays... Speaking of which ... Last time I was at Best Buy, they were telling me that I should buy the expensive "gold" USB connector for my printer ... the other cable will affect the quality of my prints. Any thoughts, opinions? [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Radio Shack *used to* (maybe still does in some places) make that claim about the expensive gold-plated connectors in almost all applications, coax connectors, etc. I have never been able to figure out *why* the gold-plated versions of the various size/type connectors are supposed to be better. Our local Radio Shack store no longer makes that claim, however. PAT]Because gold doesn't oxidize, so the resistance of the connectordoesn't change with time.... and, no, it won't makes a gnat's whisker difference in a print,because the data is digital, and corruption of the signal wouldlikely cause it to not print at all, or print gibberish.... as to the 110V plug, those are standardized also. The figure-8is sometimes squared off on one side to make it polarized.--Gene
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