Relationship of electricity with the hardware

dothackjhe · 27 Aug 2012

This question is purely academic on my part and have been a question to me since I still lack the formal education about it. So, to anyone who could please explain to me in lay or professional terms (I'll try to manage), what is the relationship of electricity (and which type) to the hardware in both electronics and computer terms (if they vary, that is) to making things work in those machines like how relative is an electric flow to a running computer or a running program in it?

KimJong · 27 Aug 2012

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dothackjhe · 27 Aug 2012

KimJong said:

Electwick......It make the electwonocic stuff work!!!!

Rest assured, the idea is not for nukes nor any similar toys, lol. Hence my statement on the starting post.

bassfisher6522 · 27 Aug 2012

KimJong said:

Electwick......It make the electwonocic stuff work!!!!

Lady Fitzgerald · 27 Aug 2012

KimJong said:

Electwick......It make the electwonocic stuff work!!!!

logicearth · 27 Aug 2012

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dothackjhe · 27 Aug 2012

logicearth said:

Head here: EEVblog fantastic forums and the video host is quite entertaining.

This doesn't necessarily answer the question, thank you. :trolled:

logicearth · 27 Aug 2012

I assumed you were asking a serious question and wanted a serious answer...oh well. Forget I said anything.

dothackjhe · 27 Aug 2012

It just came as a random question all of a sudden, lol.

alphanumeric · 27 Aug 2012

You need to be more specific about what you want to know. In simple terms there is Voltage, Current and Resistance. Google "Ohms Law". P = I x E. Power in Watts, equals the Current in Amps, multiplied by the Voltage in Volts. You can think of power as the potential to do work. The two very basic types of voltage are AC, alternating current, and DC, direct current. My AC wall outlets supply 120Volts AC at 60 hertz. The polarity of the voltage measured across the outlet reverses polarity 60 times a second. A simple incandescent lamp can run directly off of the AC voltage. Most electronic devices like a PC can't. They use DC. Direct current has a dedicated positive and negative terminal, a fixed polarity. One terminal will be positive and one negative. The power supply in the PC converts the AC to DC. The voltage is stepped down (reduced) to what the various computer parts need. The PC power supply supplies several different voltages.