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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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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