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Power Supplies A to Z
We've included this handy glossary to help with the terminology & abbreviations relating to power products. Pick a letter below to begin, or download the glossary to refer to it whenever you like.
| A |
From 'A' To 'AWG' |
| B |
From 'Back Electromotive Force (Back EMF)' To 'Bus Converter ' |
| C |
From 'C' To 'Curve B (or Class B)' |
| D |
From 'dB' To 'Dynamic Load' |
| E |
From 'Earth' To 'External Fusing' |
| F |
From 'F' To 'Fusible Link' |
| G |
From 'Galvanic' To 'Grounded' |
| H |
From 'H' To 'Hz' |
| I |
From 'I ' To 'Isolation Voltage' |
| J |
From 'J ' To 'Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)' |
| K |
From 'K' To 'kWh' |
| L |
From 'L ' To 'LVD' |
| M |
From 'Magnetic Amplifier (Mag Amp)' To 'Multi-Resonant Topology (MRT)' |
| N |
From 'Nano ' To 'NTC' |
| O |
From 'OCV' To 'OVP' |
| P |
From 'P' To 'PWM ' |
| Q |
From 'Quarter Brick ' To 'Quarter Brick ' |
| R |
From 'R' To 'RS485' |
| S |
From 'S' To 'System International d’Unites (SI)' |
| T |
From 't' To 'TUV ' |
| U |
From 'U' To 'USB' |
| V |
From 'V' To 'Vss' |
| W |
From 'W' To 'Working Voltage' |
| X-Z |
From 'X ' To 'Zetta ' |
| # |
From '°C ' To '°F ' |
Term of the day : 'Continuous Duty'
Operation at almost constant load for an indefinitely long time. See also Intermittent Duty.
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