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  1. A computer in which both light and electrical
  2. signals are used in the CPU (central
  3. processing unit). The technology is still not
  4. fully developed, but such a computer promises
  5. to be faster and less vulnerable to outside
  6. electrical interference than one that relies
  7. solely on electricity.
  8.