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Capasitor

A Capasitor (the purposely misspelling of Capacitor) is a faulty electrolytic capacitor that fails in a short period of time (1-3years). Most Capasitors are the result of incorrect electrolyte formulation in aluminum electrolytic capacitors.

Its rumored the "S" in Capasitor is from "Shitty" and like the wrong formula was simply stuck in there .

A electrolytic Capacitor that explodes instantly from being installed backwards is not a Capasitor, as that is a install error and not a component manufacturing problem.

The Capasitor plague was a period between 1999 and 2007 when Capasitors were killing in a large number of products.

That cheap Chinese capasitor killed my motherbaord.

by mpheyse September 4, 2015


Dorito

The worst preforming processor / "chip" that will operate in a given Motherboard or Computer system.

Only relevant for non-monolithic Computers (i.e. systems have options for different processors), and where the absolute worst was picked.

The Term comes from the singular of "Doritos" a popular triangle shaped snack chip, that while tasty, do not actually run computer code.

The Term was made famous in the song "It's All About the Pentiums" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito?

by mpheyse February 26, 2023