blade
- noun
- /bleɪd/
- Specialized
- The blade itself is the width of two HS20 blades, allowing only seven blades to be inserted into a chassis.
The equipment itself is fairly generic, you know, so these are standard blade enclosures.
- The equipment itself is fairly generic, you know, so these are standard blade enclosures.
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The equipment itself is fairly generic, you know, so these are standard blade enclosures.
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I could not afford to build a new blade that goes into my rack and sell it to my customers.
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So I changed plans and went ahead testing my brand new data blade set.
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IBM launches a blade based on the Cell BE processor.
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We have to get past them, insert these server blades.
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In our latest project, we installed several powerful server blades to improve the data processing speed.
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The technician carefully arranged the blades within the chassis to maximize airflow and efficiency.
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To enhance our data center's performance, we decided to upgrade to the latest generation of blades.
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- Specialized
A flat, triangular bone on each side of the upper back that helps hold the arm
- Specialized
A flat vertical part at the back of a boat or plane that moves to steer it
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Etymology
Blade in computing (as in blade server) is a modern use that borrows the old idea of a thin, flat part, so a 'blade' server is a slim, flat unit that slides into a rack like a flat piece.