From Wikipedia:
Related to the concept of logic gates (and also built from them) is the idea of storing a bit of information... It is possible to make a storage element either through a capacitor (which stores charge due to its physical properties) or by feedback. Connecting the output of a gate to the input causes it to be put through the logic again, and choosing the feedback correctly allows it to
be preserved or modified through the use of other inputs. A set of gates arranged in this fashion is known as a "latch", and more complicated designs that utilise clocks (signals that oscillate with a known period) and change only on the rising edge are called edge-triggered "flip-flops". The combination of multiple flip-flops in parallel, to store a multiple-bit value, is known as a register.
These registers or capacitor-based circuits are known as computer memory. They vary in performance, based on factors of speed, complexity, and reliability of storage, and many different types of designs are used based on the application.
For some reason, even though everything seems to be sort of falling apart for me lately, I have hope. You wouldn't think that a seemingly useless feedback loop could lead to the fastest and most effective method of information storage humanity has ever conceived. Hope's a good feeling.
I'm gonna go watch me some Much Ado About Nothing.
Beatrice and Benedick 4 EVAR!
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Okay, that was a really bad movie.
And a not-so-good play, really.
But the Beatrice and Benedick dialogue makes up for it. Without them, I doubt we'd have Han and Leia, David and Maddie, Fred and Ethel, Holmes and Watson, or Paris and Nicole.
Related to the concept of logic gates (and also built from them) is the idea of storing a bit of information... It is possible to make a storage element either through a capacitor (which stores charge due to its physical properties) or by feedback. Connecting the output of a gate to the input causes it to be put through the logic again, and choosing the feedback correctly allows it to
be preserved or modified through the use of other inputs. A set of gates arranged in this fashion is known as a "latch", and more complicated designs that utilise clocks (signals that oscillate with a known period) and change only on the rising edge are called edge-triggered "flip-flops". The combination of multiple flip-flops in parallel, to store a multiple-bit value, is known as a register.
These registers or capacitor-based circuits are known as computer memory. They vary in performance, based on factors of speed, complexity, and reliability of storage, and many different types of designs are used based on the application.
For some reason, even though everything seems to be sort of falling apart for me lately, I have hope. You wouldn't think that a seemingly useless feedback loop could lead to the fastest and most effective method of information storage humanity has ever conceived. Hope's a good feeling.
I'm gonna go watch me some Much Ado About Nothing.
Beatrice and Benedick 4 EVAR!
===============================
Okay, that was a really bad movie.
And a not-so-good play, really.
But the Beatrice and Benedick dialogue makes up for it. Without them, I doubt we'd have Han and Leia, David and Maddie, Fred and Ethel, Holmes and Watson, or Paris and Nicole.
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brokenbeatnik:
So does that mean it's time to fantasize about Paris and Nicole making out? Maybe I'll replace Paris with Christina Aguilera, as fantasizing about anyone making out with Paris is kind of like fantasizing about someone making out with a Real Doll.
alpo:
Volvo porn. 