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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Pentium</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="Pentagram-Pro.html" title="Pentagram Pro"/><link rel="next" href="peon.html" title="peon"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Pentium</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Pentagram-Pro.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="peon.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Pentium"/><dt xmlns="" id="Pentium"><b>Pentium</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The name given to Intel's P5 chip, the successor to the 80486. The
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name was chosen because of difficulties Intel had in trademarking a
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number. It suggests the number five (implying 586) while (according to
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Intel) conveying a meaning of strength “<span class="quote">like titanium</span>”. Among
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hackers, the plural is frequently ‘pentia’. See also
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<a href="Pentagram-Pro.html"><i class="glossterm">Pentagram Pro</i></a>.</p><p>Intel did not stick to this convention when naming its P6 processor
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the Pentium Pro; many believe this is due to difficulties in selling a chip
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with “<span class="quote">hex</span>” or “<span class="quote">sex</span>” in its name. Successor chips
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have been called <span class="firstterm">Pentium II</span>,
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<span class="firstterm">Pentium III</span>, and <span class="firstterm">Pentium IV</span>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Pentagram-Pro.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="peon.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Pentagram Pro </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> peon</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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