How is it that heat kills electronics such as computers or car batteries, and not cold?

Question

I know that cold can as well but heat does it much more easily. Why is it that heat does and not cold?

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Answer 1

Heat is thermal energy and most metals can only take so much heat before they lose structural integrity. Melt, in other words.

Most electronics rely on incredibly bits of metal that are packed in close proximity to each other. Too much heat and those bits of metal melt into each other.