# Definitions

## F

Forklift upgrade: N. -- An "upgrade" from one computer generation or product line to a succeeding generation, version, or product line, which requires that all or nearly all of the hardware be removed and replaced with a completely new set of hardware components. (As if to put a forklift under the computer's chassis and carry it away.)
(From a hardware point of view, there is little to distinguish a forklift upgrade from a wholesale replacement of the whole system, although from a software point of view there may be continuity.)
`Antonym:` "in-cabinet upgrade"

## I

In-cabinet upgrade: N. -- An upgrade from one computer generation or product line to a succeeding generation, version, or product line, in which the key hardware components that yield presumably higher performance have been made to work in concert with some of the old parts, such that a significant portion of the old hardware components remain at the completion of the upgrade.
(Such an upgrade might consist of replacing a processor circuit board or chip while keeping the old memory system, chassis, and peripherals.)
`Antonym:` "forklift upgrade"

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