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by Jaruzel 3484 days ago
It's the Nintendo Cartridge Effect.
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Aaactually I suspect that's to do with capacitors. You allow them time to discharge.

Still a great name for this though!

Unless there are bleeder resistors (common when you have tons of capacitance e.g. In higher-end audio amps) or components which otherwise drain the caps, they'll likely hold a charge a lot longer than the 30 seconds someone would spend blowing the dust out.