graphics card

noun

plural graphics cards

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Other tasks included organizing pins in a pin box, tying and cutting zip ties, and placing a GPU into a motherboard before unplugging the graphics card again to reset for the next trial. Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026 Everything else seems comparable, including the perky RTX 5070 graphics card and solid RAM and storage loadout. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026 Here's why: Integrated : The graphics card is integrated onto the same silicon foundation, known as a substrate, as the CPU, sharing power and memory (RAM). Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026 With access to SpaceX’s supercomputer, which is powered by more than 220,000 Nvidia graphics cards and high-end accelerators to handle high workloads, Anthropic can give its premium Claude users higher rate limits and faster response times. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026 It’s got a pretty good computer in it, with a pretty good graphics card. Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 11 May 2011

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of graphics card was in 1981

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“Graphics card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graphics%20card. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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