Electricity

Electricity

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

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virtual private network (VPN)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

VPN stands for virtual private network, which is a private network of computers that is partially connected by public phone lines.

VR cable

Electrical equipment; Electricity

AAC or ACSR with Vibration Resistant Twisted Pair Construction.

wide-area network (WAN)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

WAN stands for wide-area network, which is composed of two or more local-area networks (LANs). They can be made up of interconnected smaller networks spread throughout a building, a state, or the ...

watt

Electrical equipment; Electricity

With ac measurements, effective power (measured in watts) equals the product of voltage, current, and power factor (the cosine of the phase angle between the current and the voltage).

watt-hour

Electrical equipment; Electricity

1) A unit of work equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour; 2) 3600 Joules

A committee of western based electric utility engineers that provides a forum for establishment of guides that provide options, recommendations and practices for its members. These guides are used to ...

wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Wi-Fi originally referred to the 802.11b specification for wireless LANs, but it is now used to describe any of the 802.11 wireless networking specifications.