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One of Fuse’s ideas is to get a bunch of big capacitors to discharge at once, thus kick-starting a reaction.
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Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
The new double cryogenic, polypropylene, tin flash, copper capacitors used in the QR SE Series are the result of constant listening, measuring and improvement to get the signature sound of the QR SE.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The battery stores power, and ComEd uses it as a capacitor for the grid.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2024
Essentially, the attack disables the decoupling capacitors, runs the glitch to bypass the security protections, and then enables the decoupling capacitors.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2022
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Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
The new double cryogenic, polypropylene, tin flash, copper capacitors used in the QR SE Series are the result of constant listening, measuring and improvement to get the signature sound of the QR SE.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The battery stores power, and ComEd uses it as a capacitor for the grid.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2024
Essentially, the attack disables the decoupling capacitors, runs the glitch to bypass the security protections, and then enables the decoupling capacitors.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2022
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“Capacitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capacitor. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər 
: a device for storing electric charge
called also condenser
Medical Definition
capacitor
noun
ca·pac·i·tor
kə-ˈpas-ət-ər
: a device giving capacitance and usually consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the plates on opposite sides of the dielectric layers oppositely charged by a source of voltage and the electrical energy of the charged system stored in the polarized dielectric
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