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• Packaging: The shape and construction of a CPU. Virtually all server CPUs are in packaging.
• Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA): Uses parallel bit signaling to transmit word-length data between an HDD and controllers and drivers.
• Parallel processing: Multiple processors execute the same instruction or a unique set of instructions.
• Passive cooling: Cooling the CPU and computer through convection.
• Password Authentication Protocol (PAP): A legacy protocol that performs basic authentication steps.
• Patch cables: A generic cable type used to establish a connection between two electronic devices.
• Patch management: A part of change management and control that focuses on the security of a system.
• Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI): An expansion card standard.
• Physical security: A program of the events, causes, actors, prevention, recovery, mitigation, and other relevant...