Slangbegriff

sacrificial anode

Fachbegriff aus dem Ingenieurwesen mit Handwerkswitz.

Etwas, das beschädigt, zerstört oder anderweitig angegriffen wird, um etwas anderes zu schützen oder zu bewahren.

problem: Your computer is almost completely broken. solution: Get the hard drive, everything else can be a sacrificial anode.

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