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Lintel

 
(′lint·əl)

(building construction) A horizontal member over an opening, such as a door or window, usually carrying the wall load.


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(LINux InTEL) Refers to the Linux operating system running on Intel or AMD computers. Primarily a server environment, Lintel machines have become extremely popular. See Linux, Wintel and Mactel.

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The emerging Linux/Intel alliance. This term began to be used in early 1999 after it became clear that the Wintel alliance was under increasing strain and Intel started taking stakes in Linux companies.


 
 

 

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