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"CMOS is used because it draws so little power that the original factory-installed battery often lasts for several years. However, when it begins to fail, the computer can appear to have Alzheimer’s disease, forgetting things that it has known for years, like which hard disk to boot from."
It's "the rate at which energy is used". People use such terms as "power", "energy" and "electricity" loosely. A CMOS device actually draws little current, and power in reference to electricity is the product of EMF (volts) and current (amps).
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It's "the rate at which energy is used". People use such terms as "power", "energy" and "electricity" loosely. A CMOS device actually draws little current, and power in reference to electricity is the product of EMF (volts) and current (amps). A load does not really "draw" power, it uses or dissipates it.