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    A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load. The main purpose of a power supply is to convert electric current...
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    uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or uninterruptible power source is a type of continual power system that provides automated backup electric power to a load...
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    A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is...
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    A power supply unit (PSU) converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a desktop computer. Modern personal computers...
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    A capacitive power supply or capacitive dropper is a type of power supply that uses the capacitive reactance of a capacitor to reduce higher AC mains voltage...
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  • A regulated power supply is an embedded circuit; it converts unregulated AC (alternating current) into a constant DC. With the help of a rectifier it converts...
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    general-purpose alternating-current (AC) electric power supply. It is the form of electrical power that is delivered to homes and businesses through the...
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    IC power-supply pins denote a voltage and current supply terminals in electric, electronics engineering, and in integrated circuit design. Integrated...
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  • also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It consists...
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    A welding power supply is a device that provides or modulates an electric current to perform arc welding. There are multiple arc welding processes ranging...
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    Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol ("feeding via the ground"), is a concept and...
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  • Power Supply is the eighth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in October 1980 on Active Records, a sublabel of RCA Records (which was...
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    ATX (Advanced Technology Extended) is a motherboard and power supply configuration specification, patented by David Dent in 1995 at Intel, to improve on...
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  • In electronic systems, power supply rejection ratio (PSRR), also supply-voltage rejection ratio (kSVR; SVR), is a term widely used to describe the capability...
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    adapter (also called a wall charger, power adapter, power brick, or wall wart) is a type of external power supply, often enclosed in a case similar to...
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    Power management integrated circuits (power management ICs or PMICs or PMU as unit) are integrated circuits for power management. Although PMIC refers...
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  • A power supply is an electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load. Power supply may also refer to: Power supply unit (computer)...
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    emphasized four main goals, which were improving security in the supply of their power, improving the efficiency of their renewables, making their energy...
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    becoming the first commercial application. In a symmetric three-phase power supply system, three conductors each carry an alternating current of the same...
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    and power supply. Separating the elements allows the user to arrange the components in a pleasing, comfortable array, at the cost of managing power and...
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  • paths. The USB standard included power supply to peripheral devices; modern versions of the standard extend the power delivery limits for battery charging...
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    model, the Commodore 128, used a larger, improved power supply which included a fuse. The power supply for the Commodore REU was similar to that of the...
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  • engineering, the power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of the real power absorbed by the load to the apparent power flowing in the...
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    A power cord, line cord, or mains cable is an electrical cable that temporarily connects an appliance to the mains electricity supply via a wall socket...
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  • Power cycling is the act of turning a piece of equipment, usually a computer, off and then on again. Reasons for power cycling include having an electronic...
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    registered in London. On 17 April 1899, the first thermal power plant of The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was commissioned at Emambagh Lane...
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    used in other applications where power supply and signal communication take place over the same wires. Phantom power supplies are often built into mixing...
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    A stand-alone power system (SAPS or SPS), also known as remote area power supply (RAPS), is an off-the-grid electricity system for locations that are not...
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    The common external power supply (Common EPS) was a European Commission (EC) specification for a universal charger for smartphones sold within the European...
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    plasma displays could only be used when connected to AC power, and had a built in power supply. The development of memory cards was driven in the 1980s...
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