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by zeta0134 3653 days ago
On some newer laptops, the microphone and headphone ports are combined, so the headphone jack is also the microphone jack. This makes it work with in-line microphones that are popular with most cell phones.

I don't understand what he hopes to accomplish by taping the jack though; it's not like it does anything without something plugged into it.