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Leroy Jones, Jr. is the creator of Talking Technology with Leroy Jones, Jr., as well as PoliticalJones.com. He is a Political Commentator and Government Affairs Consultant based in Washington, D.C. For over 20 years, Mr. Jones has worked in federal government affairs, including public service as an aide on both sides of Capitol Hill and the Clinton White House.

Mr. Jones is the host of The PoliticalJones Report with Leroy Jones, Jr. which airs on various radio stations nationwide every Monday and Thursday.

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"Dad, what does UMD stand for?"  Well . . . I am "TechnicalJones" . . . right?  :-)

Definition: UMD stands for Universal Media Disc.  

UMD is an optical disc format developed by Sony for its portable game console, PSP (as in Playstation Portable) that was released in 2004.

UMD discs hold approximately 1.8GB of data and currently are used only for PSP games, applications and movies although Sony has announced plans to open up the format for third party companies as well.

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What is hardware?

Definition: The mechanical and electrical parts of a computer system, including attached devices such as printers, cables, modems, and so forth.  The collection of compute hardware is also called a "platform".


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What is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)?

Definition: A special processor dedicated to calculating the graphics in a game. A GPU allows for better looking console games and takes the load off of the CPU during gameplay. Think of it as a video card in a PC, but for consoles.



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Definition: Dedicated device for playing video games, a console is generally connected to a television.



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