A slice of quartz ground to a prescribed thickness that vibrates at a steady frequency when stimulated by electricity. The tiny crystal, about 1/20th by 1/5th of an inch, creates the computer's heartbeat. Without the quartz crystal, there would be no computers as we know them today! See clock and MHz.
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