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monocasatoday at 3:02 AM1 replyview on HN

At the time, it was a type of capacitor targeting the specific voltage ranges and tolerances to be useful for a computer.

It's a thing that still shows up in a web search (but is far less meaningful).


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gentertoday at 3:05 AM

Makes sense, I take for granted how great modern electrolytic caps are compared to 50 years ago.