From resistors and LED modules to light sensors, each block represents a real component that can be attached to each other via magnetic connectors, hopefully creating a circuit in the process.

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Facebook already gets volume pricing, but standard motherboards have networking built onto them as well as a host of other features and connectors that are not used in common hyperscale deployments.

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Couple it to universal connectors (an ability to connect other enterprises to the core company electronically and without the need for individually negotiated contracts) and you have new conditions for scaling wealth creation.

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Google is also releasing the connector software as an open-source product so developers can build connectors to what Google executives said are about 300 other content management systems on the market.

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On the other hand, the machine's left edge crams in a decent selection of connectors -- two USB 3.0 sockets, a multicard reader, outputs for HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort, Ethernet, and a spot for the AC adapter all crawl up the edge.

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