[ELECTRON] Resistor Question

Fri Apr 2 00:41:59 UTC 2010

Hi everyone, this is probably a stupid question.
I am working from a schematic and after each resistor it says either '1/4w' or '1/2w' like this: 47K   1/4W Resistor.
Can anybody explain to me what this means?
Cheers, Chris 		 	   		  
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