Electricity

Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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polyphase

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A polyphase system is a means of distributing alternating current electrical power. Polyphase systems have two or more energized electrical conductors carrying alternating currents with a definite ...

polyvinyl chloride

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Polyvinyl Chloride. PVC, a thermoplastic compound, is a commonly used Wire and Cable insulation and jacketing material.

port

Electrical equipment; Electricity

In networking, a server's various functions, such as managing FTP traffic or maintaining the DNS list, are each assigned a virtual address called a port. Any requests for that function are sent to ...

port forwarding

Electrical equipment; Electricity

This allows a computer external to a secured network, access a computer on the network through the mapping of a port on the network's firewall to a port on a specified computer.

pot

Electrical equipment; Electricity

1) Slang for an overhead transformer. 2) Short for "Potential".

potential

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The voltage in a circuit. Reference is usually to the AC Voltage.

potential transformer

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A transformer used measure the amount of Voltage in a circuit. Its primary is rated in excess of the expected voltage of the circuit and the secondary will normally be rated at 120 volts being equal ...