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Of or related to any publicy utility institution mandated with maintaining the infrastructure for a particular public service; such as the provision of water, gas and electricity.
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medium distribution (lighting)
Electrical equipment; Electricity
A luminary is classified as having a medium light distribution when its max candlepower point falls between 2.25MH
medium voltage
Electrical equipment; Electricity
An electrical system or cable designed to operate between 1kv and 38kv.
megohmmeter
Electrical equipment; Electricity
A testing device that applies a DC voltage and measures the resistance (in millions of ohms) offered by conductor's or equipment insulation.
melt time
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The time needed for a fuse element to melt, thereby initiating operation of the fuse. Also known as Fuse Melt Time.
protocol
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Protocols are communication standards set to facilitate the many connections made by computers via modems and other digital connections. Some protocols are PPP, TCP/IP, SLIP, and ...
proxy server
Electrical equipment; Electricity
A system that caches items from other servers to speed up access. On the web, a proxy first attempts to find data locally, and if it is not available, obtains it from the remote ...
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Public Switched Telephone Network is the concentration of the world's public circuit-switched telephone networks. Originally a network of fixed-line analog telephone systems, the ...
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