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NiCad

Nickel Cadmium. Heavy, cheap and basic type of rechargeable battery, which suffers badly from 'memory effect' – the problem of a battery not recharging properly if you attempt to charge it up before it is fully exhausted.

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Voice over IP. The routing of voice conversations over the internet, which is cheaper than the telephone...

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