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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1999-07-26  |  1.7 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  39 seconds
Transcription: When the electrical pulse reaches an address line where the transistor has been turned on, the pulse flows through the closed transistor and charges a capacitor, an electronic device that stores electricity. This process repeats itself continuously to refresh the capacitor's charge, which would otherwise slowly leak out. When the computer's power is turned off, all the capacitors lose their charges. Each charged capacitor along the address line represents a one bit. capacitor represents a zero bit. The PC uses one and zero bits as binary numbers to store and manipulate all information, includi ...