computer fan
Heat exhaust spinner
A computer fan is a small cooling device inside electronic equipment, circulating air to prevent overheating.
The term also refers to an enthusiast of computers or computing: He's been a computer fan since the early days of the Macintosh.
Context usually makes the meaning clear—one whirs, the other obsesses.
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- heat sinkDevice absorbing component warmth
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- case fanComputer cooling component
- spinningRevolving around an axis
blades · exhaust · thermal · air cooling · noise · white noise · whirring · fan speed · case · ventilation · dust · dust filter · RPM · quiet · loud · humming · overclock · temperature
- noisewhite noise, pink noise, brown noise, static, hiss
- fansfan, sports fan, superfan, superfans, die-hard fan
- spinning thingsfan, spinning top, propeller, turntable, fidget spinner
thermal function
computer fanheat source
Origin of thermal energy
heating element · passive cooling · CPU · graphics card · processor
computer, compute, computing, computed, computable, computation, computational, computationally, fanned