Static Electricity Defined
Static Electricity; the computers equivalent to bad cholesterol.
Computers operate on electricity, everyone knows that, but static
electricity can stop a computer cold in its tracks. State electric discharge can even happen without the technician even
knowing it. If you are going to work on the inside of a computer, it is imperative
that you take the precautions to avoid static electricity from discharging onto
the computer circuitry.
DefinitionWe all know of static electricity as the build-up of an electrical charge inside of a body. It has been around longer than computers: like, forever. The first time anybody noticed, though, was around 600 B.C., when the Greeks found that rubbing a piece of amber with a piece of fur gives the amber the ability to attract feathers and bits of other materials. This was thought to be unique to amber, for which the Greek word was "elektron," so this property became known as "electricity."Source: http://www.edwardwillett.com/Columns/staticelectricity.htm NEXT |