Originally, when experiments with electricity began (1700's?) capacitors were called condensors. I don't know when electronic circuit designers started calling them capacitors but it was a relatively short time ago.
Abit quit using conterfeit Chinese (well Taiwanese) caps several years ago. They were one of the few (only?) motherboard manufacturers that owned up to the problem and replaced the motherboards. Unfortunately, this was well after I threw my Abit "popping caps" motherboard away.
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