Push-Pull Question.

[bburrill2012]

Oh talking about twilight. Brain still isnt all there lmao.

Uh, kind of new still yes. 30 post!

 

[manu2b]

Actually, I am talking about the members with a few stars already...

 

[bburrill2012]

Okay now you're just confusing the hell outta me

 

[manu2b]

NVM, lol!

 

[bluezero5]

Straight from the dictionary

1.
a person or thing that radiates.

2.
any of various heating devices, as a series or coil of pipes through which steam or hot water passes.

3.
a device constructed from thin-walled tubes and metal fins, used for cooling circulating water, as in an automobile engine.

Dictionaries are so 1980s, try wikipedia already!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiator
Electronics

Main article: Heat sink

As electronic devices become smaller, the problem of dispersing waste heat becomes more difficult. Tiny radiators known as heat sinks are used to convey heat from the electronic components into a cooling air stream. Heat is transferred to the air by conduction and convection; a relatively small proportion of heat is transferred by radiation owing to the low temperature of semiconductor devices compared to their surroundings.

 

[bburrill2012]

lol

 

[Conumdrum]

Radiator. Cooler. Heatsink. Fin thingy on the big board in my 'hard drive'. (seen that too in the 1990's).

Yea, we almost always use the term radiator for watercooling, but the 'English' language has lots of words meaning the same if not different things. So don't fret. If it's an issue, become a English Professor at a college or at a University in a foreign country where 'you' set the rules.

Then we have the 'Car Culture' where all cars except the Volkwagon has 'water radiators'.

Funny thread misdirection, that was fun, totally!