btu

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I used to think ARC meant prims, but it is (supposed to be) a refelection of the amount of CPU / processing effort required to render it, such as a heat btu or a calorie burnt off.

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  1. a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories

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  • AMANA, used 2 months, 12,000 btu on air side, 10,800 btu on heat side, $575 firm.
  • Turner should be starter, btu they need to groom Portis to become the starter. —  WordPress.com News
  • Leave it to UK to let UGA get their first road win of the season I may be shot on the season ... btu we haven't seen a leader step up yet for BCG ...... but we should not need a leader to beat UGA - at home —  A Sea Of Blue
  • Oscar starts more aggressively btu Manny quickly counters by stidestepping and throwing a few of his own shots. —  Home
  • I guess if your car were running on trash or cow dung, you wouldn't care how much of the stuff that it burned, but neither of these fuels is very btu dense, like diesel or gasoline. —  Brad Ideas - Comments
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