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What does the resistor, capacitor, and the inductor all have in common? They make up the three basic circuit elements. All electronics are based off of those three components. Although, in 1971, a researcher by the name of Leon Chua knew that a fourth element existed but no one knew how to physically make it, until recently.

Researchers at HP Labs were able to build a real working “memristor”; adding to the three basic circuit elements. This discovery opens up lots of possibilities for electronic circuits.

After reading my last post, hopefully you have realized that knowing how a computer works can save you time and money the next time you’re in the market for one. In the interest of time and money, I thought I would dig a little deeper into this subject of buying a new computer.

Let’s start with the basics:

What do you want your computer to do well? This is the familiar question rattling out of any Best Buy moron with half a brain trying to make his way through college. In order to better understand this question you need a crash course in what does what for your computing – ahem – “pleasures”.