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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.
| 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 : 'Pico'
SI prefix multiplier. Multiplies by 10-12. So 100 pF = 100 x 10-12 F. Written as 'pico'. Abbreviated to 'p'.