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#''Wilks is the best place to test our project, it has a controlled environment of Red Hat computers and powerful CPU processors.'' | #''Wilks is the best place to test our project, it has a controlled environment of Red Hat computers and powerful CPU processors.'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:51, 10 June 2020
Part of Speech
Proper Noun
Alternate Forms and Pronunciation
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Description
The Wilkinson Lab, known colloquially as "Wilks," is the computer lab on the third floor of the Technological Institute (Tech) room M338. This particular lab includes several powerful Sun and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers and 28 high-performance Sun Solaris workstations and 16 Windows XP PCs. A wide variety of graphics, CAD, circuit design/simulation, database, and other software packages are available on these machines. With the technology available, it is clearly a great place to do the actual projects required by various classes, but it also provides excellent meeting tables and lounge corners for relaxing. [1]
Usage
This term is mostly used by the computer science and electrical engineering community at Northwestern as a location for meeting places to do computer projects. It is used colloquially and more often as "Wilks."
Example Sentences
- Let's meet up in Wilks to talk about the project.
- Wilks is the best place to test our project, it has a controlled environment of Red Hat computers and powerful CPU processors.
