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From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (S. M. Henning,)
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Subject: Re: Did I really hear this?
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Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 14:02:35 EST
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> ... "a potentially-explosive vaccuum".

This is a vacuum tube or crt.  The explosion is called an implosion.
It really sucks.