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This video explains how computers use energy even when they aren't doing something obvious like showing a picture or playing sound. It talks about something called the Landauer limit, which is the minimum amount of energy needed to change information in a computer.

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🧠 Quiz & Trivia

Test your knowledge after watching!

Q1 What does a logic gate do?

Answer: It takes in two inputs and makes a decision based on them.

Q2 What is an example of a type of logic gate?

Answer: An X-NOR gate

Q3 What is the Landauer limit?

Answer: The minimum energy needed to change one bit of information in a computer.

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