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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Basics Data

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Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
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A tranistor is an electrical switch which can be on or off (same as true false or 1 and 0) It can transmit electricity if he is on or he simplie blocks the signal if he is off. For more like types of transistors and the construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor