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Superconductivity
The physical phenomenon whereby some materials exhibit zero electrical resistance at low temperatures. Superconductivity allows great computational power with little or no heat dissipation (the major limiting factor in all processing operations). The synthesizing of special materials enabling cheap and reliable room temperature superconductivity during the early Interplanetary Age represented a tremendous leap forward in many fields of technology.
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev; modified from KurzweilAI
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
