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ELI5: What happens exactly to electronics when exposed to water?

Why do electronics break when they touch water? Is there one specific component that breaks or something?
gpt
Water conducts electricity. When you have water between your exposed wires you get short circuit. Sometimes you can get only individual components burned, but often it's enough so that the whole gadget would stop functioning.