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| fisheye lens |
a wide-angle camera lens that covers a full 180 degrees, producing images characterized by peripheral distortion and dramatically foreshortened perspective. |
| motherboard |
the main printed circuit board of a personal computer, which holds chips containing the central processing unit, memory, ports, and the integrated circuits that control the keyboard and other standard peripheral devices, and to which additional circuit boards can be attached. |
| server |
a computer that supplies data and services, such as files, web pages, and peripheral devices, to other computers in a network. [1/4 definitions] |
| tunnel vision |
an abnormal condition in which one loses peripheral vision. [1/2 definitions] |
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