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...~-/*%## .parts. .of. .the. .electric. .computer. ##%*/-~...
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.~-/*%####              .... .... ....              ####%*/-~.
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....~-/*%#             ~ the resistor ~             #%*/-~....
.....~-/*% it resists  electricity. it can  be good %*/-~.....
......~-/* or  bad  at this  and  this  property is */-~......
.......~-/  measured in .ohms.. resistors practice  /-~.......
........~-  aposematism, showing with colours how   -~........
.........~            dangerous they are.           ~.........
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.........~            ~ the capacitor ~             ~.........
........~- this   is   an  ephemeral  battery   and -~........
.......~-/     voltage multiplier, used for load    /-~.......
......~-/*        balancing and for defence.        */-~......
.....~-/*%                                          %*/-~.....
....~-/*%#            ~ the lodestone ~             #%*/-~....
...~-/*%## stores a position  in  a magnetic  field ##%*/-~...
..~-/*%###    and outputs electricity when moving   ###%*/-~..
.~-/*%####        closer or further from it.        ####%*/-~.
..~-/*%###                                          ###%*/-~..
...~-/*%##          ~ the schottky diode ~          ##%*/-~...
....~-/*%# this  component   limits  the  flow   of #%*/-~....
.....~-/*% electricity through itself  to go in one %*/-~.....
......~-/*             direction only.              */-~......
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........~-          ~ the mustelid probe ~          -~........
.........~     measures distance to (uncloaked)     ~.........
..........                 ferrets.                 ..........
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........~-             ~the cat wire ~              -~........
.......~-/ a  wire  used  to  connect machines  and /-~.......
......~-/*         appliances to each other.        */-~......
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....~-/*%#              ~ the slower ~              #%*/-~....
...~-/*%## slows  down  the operation  of a circuit ##%*/-~...
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.~-/*%####              ~ the furnace ~             ####%*/-~.
..~-/*%###    exports daemon energy through. some   ###%*/-~..
...~-/*%##               kind of hole               ##%*/-~...
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........~- not  covered:  water  circuits  (see  my -~........
.........~ post on  submerging  a  magic  spell  in ~.........
.......... water   for   details   about   how   to ..........
.........~             implement them)              ~.........
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