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Re:Ask HN: What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? by tjic on Thursday March 19, 2009 @11:32PM (#524456)
It's a voltage divider.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_divider

Caution: I'm a CS major, not an EE, so your probably want to verify my assertion before trusting it...

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