8. What is the thick bit found at the end of many cables?
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The cylinder-shaped lumps are ferrite cores, and they’re just chunks of magnetic iron oxide that are there to suppress high-frequency electromagnetic interference!
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You know the annoying sound when a mobile phone goes too close to a speaker? This is due to interference, so ferrite cores are there to keep that from occurring to monitors, power supplies etc.
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