heat sinks
CPU cooling fins
Heat sinks are devices that absorb and dissipate heat from electronic components, preventing overheating.
Typically made of metal with fins or ridges to maximize surface area, they draw heat away from processors and other parts that generate warmth during operation: The computer kept crashing until I installed a better heat sink.
Figuratively, anything that absorbs excess energy or resources.
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- finnedHaving swimming appendages
- surface areaMeasure of outer boundary
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
cooling · CPU · aluminum · base plate · phase change · sinks · dissipate · temperature · GPU · passive cooling · grease · overclock · vents · convection · processor · fan · air flow · throttling
- coolingair conditioning, refrigeration, air cooler, evaporator, radiator
- heatthermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection, insulators
- aluminum productsaluminum foil, aluminum siding, aluminum wire, foil, soda cans
- heat protectiontiles, ceramic tiles, blankets, thermal blanket, thermal blankets
- Heat Sciencethermal equilibrium, thermal expansion, thermal radiation, conduction, convection
- hobby electronicscircuits, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, wires
thermal function
heat sinksheat sources
Things emitting thermal energy
heating elements · heaters · heating coils · heat lamps · furnaces