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The graphics card is an add-in board that plugs into the motherboard and sends signals out to the monitor to represent what should be shown on the screen. A graphics card can send simple text, or it can be designed to represent intense 3D graphics, as most cards do today.
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Graphics card - * Fourth-quarter sales of $8.0 billion, up 4 percent vs. theprior-year quarter, up 17 percent sequentially vs. the thirdquarter* Fourth-quarter GAAP earnings of $.20 per share vs. earnings of $.08per share in the prior-year quarter* Fourth-quarter earnings, excluding special items, of $.17 per sharevs. earnings of $.13 per share, excluding special items, in theprior-year quarter* Fourth-quarter positive operating cash flow of $0.9 billion* Ratio of debt to net debt plus equity improved to 0.3 percent from19.6 percent in the prior-year quarter(1)* First-quarter 2004 guidance:- Sales: $6.4 to $6.8 billion- GAAP earnings per share: $.05 to $.07 per shareSCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc.(NYSE:MOT) today reported sales of $8.0 billion in the fourth quarterof 2003 and net earnings of $489 million, or $.20 per share, presentedin accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).This represents an increase in sales of 4 percent from $7.7 billion inthe year-ago quarter, up 17 percent sequentially from the thirdquarter. Motorola reported GAAP net earnings in the year-ago quarterof $174 million, or $.08 per share.- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40240333
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