26 July 2024

• 18:4018:40, 26 July 2024 diff hist +1‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Historical current
• 18:3818:38, 26 July 2024 diff hist +491‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Mechanical
• 10:2110:21, 26 July 2024 diff hist −4‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Mechanical
• 10:2010:20, 26 July 2024 diff hist +290‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Mechanical
• 10:0710:07, 26 July 2024 diff hist +768‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Mechanical

23 July 2024

• 21:1621:16, 23 July 2024 diff hist −70‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Mechanical
• 16:0316:03, 23 July 2024 diff hist +73‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Mechanical
• 15:4415:44, 23 July 2024 diff hist +6‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Historical
• 15:4215:42, 23 July 2024 diff hist +1,951‎ Clocks - Basic Principles ‎ →‎Historical Tag: Visual edit
• 13:4613:46, 23 July 2024 diff hist +414‎ N File:Sounding Chinese incense clock.jpg ‎ This clock depends on the (fairly) constant rate of burning of a incense stick, placed beneath the strings holding the weights. The strings are burnt through it turn, causing the weights to drop onto the metal plate, giving an audible indication of the passage of time. (This example is on display in the Museum of Timekeeping, https://www.museumoftimekeeping.org.uk) current
• 13:2913:29, 23 July 2024 diff hist 0‎ Wiki development and enhancement ‎No edit summary current
• 13:2713:27, 23 July 2024 diff hist 0‎ Wiki development and enhancement ‎ →‎Wiki Developments Tag: Visual edit

8 July 2024

• 20:5020:50, 8 July 2024 diff hist −56‎ Be Your Own Security Expert ‎ →‎Data Destruction current

28 June 2024

• 21:3221:32, 28 June 2024 diff hist +2,450‎ Case Studies ‎ →‎CD player not playing CDs current

27 June 2024

• 19:3119:31, 27 June 2024 diff hist +150‎ Batteries ‎ →‎Domestic rechargeable batteries current
• 19:2619:26, 27 June 2024 diff hist +1‎ m Batteries ‎ →‎Rechargeable lithium batteries: Typo

25 June 2024

• 21:2221:22, 25 June 2024 diff hist +309‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms current
• 21:1621:16, 25 June 2024 diff hist +5‎ Glossary:S/PDIF ‎No edit summary current
• 21:1521:15, 25 June 2024 diff hist +257‎ N Glossary:Phono plug ‎ Created page with "A phono or RCA connector is a type of coaxial connector commonly found in audio and video equipment. It is characterised by a central pin which protrudes from the cylindrical shell. Different colours are used to denote different audio or video applications." current
• 21:0621:06, 25 June 2024 diff hist +164‎ N Glossary:BNC ‎ Created page with "BNC is a type of professional quality coaxial cable twist-to-lock connector, very commonly used for high frequency applications such as in radio, video and testing." current
• 20:5520:55, 25 June 2024 diff hist +247‎ N Glossary:S/PDIF ‎ Created page with "S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a standard for encoding digital audio for transmission using optical fibre using TOSLINK connectors or coaxial cable using phono or BNC connectors."
• 20:4520:45, 25 June 2024 diff hist +377‎ N Glossary:TOSLINK ‎ Created page with "TOSLINK (from TOShiba LINK) is a method of connecting audio devices such as CD players and amplifiers using optical fibre and optical connectors. These are immune to interference and ground loops, unlike copper connections. Audio is transmitted digitally. S/PDIF is the standard which defines how it is encoded." current

24 June 2024

• 21:1621:16, 24 June 2024 diff hist +101‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 21:1221:12, 24 June 2024 diff hist +2‎ Glossary:3-Terminal Regulator ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4408:44, 24 June 2024 diff hist +497‎ N Glossary:3-Terminal Regulator ‎ Created page with "A 3-terminal regulator is a device which takes an unregulated input voltage and produces a constant well-defined output voltage. It has just 3 connections (or terminals: the input, the output and a common ground. The 78/79 seriesintegrated circuits are a very common example. 78 devices take positive input and output whereas 79 series take negative. Two further digits in the type code indicate the voltage, for example 780..."

21 June 2024

• 21:2921:29, 21 June 2024 diff hist +268‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 21:2521:25, 21 June 2024 diff hist +108‎ N Glossary:POTS ‎ Created page with "POTS or Plain Old Telephone System refers to the legacy analogue telephone system carried over copper wires." current
• 21:2521:25, 21 June 2024 diff hist +225‎ N Glossary:PSTN ‎ Created page with "PSTN or Public Switched Telephone Network is the global switched telephone network. Unlike the Internet in which data is transmitted as independant packets, connections between subscribers are made and taken down as required." current
• 21:0721:07, 21 June 2024 diff hist +375‎ N Glossary:SOGEA ‎ Created page with "SOGEA or Single Order Generic Ethernet Access is essentially the same as a FTTC Internet connection except that no old-fashioned anlogue telephone service is delivered over the copper segment from the street cabinet to the customer premises. This makes it cheaper. Voice calls can still be made, but they are carried digitally over the broadband connection." current
• 20:5320:53, 21 June 2024 diff hist +271‎ N Glossary:FTTC ‎ Created page with "FTTC or Fibre To The Cabinet (Part-Fibre) is a broadband Internet connection delivered through optical fibre only to a street cabinet, and copper wires for the remainder to the customer premises, as opposed to the faster FTTP which is fibre all the way." current
• 20:5220:52, 21 June 2024 diff hist +260‎ N Glossary:FTTP ‎ Created page with "FTTP or Fibre To The Premises (Full Fibre) is a broadband Internet connection delivered through optical fibre to the customer premises, as opposed to the slower FTTC which is fibre only to a street cabinet, and copper wires for the remainder." current

20 June 2024

• 19:5619:56, 20 June 2024 diff hist +289‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 19:4319:43, 20 June 2024 diff hist +526‎ N Glossary:Unicode ‎ Created page with "Unicode is a comprehensive character encoding standard that enables the consistent representation and handling of text from most of the world's writing systems. Unlike ASCII, which uses 7 bits and defines 128 characters, Unicode uses from 1 to 4 bytes to support over 143,000 characters, covering a wide array of scripts, symbols, and emojis. This standard ensures that text is displayed correctly across different platforms and languages..." current
• 19:3919:39, 20 June 2024 diff hist +316‎ N Glossary:ASCII ‎ Created page with "ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a standard used for representing text in computers and other devices. It uses a set of 128 characters, including letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and control characters, each assigned a unique 7-bit binary number." current
• 19:3419:34, 20 June 2024 diff hist +347‎ N Glossary:UART/USART ‎ Created page with "A UART or Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter is a device, often a built-in peripheral in a microcontroller for converting data between parallel and asynchronous serial formats. A USART also supports synchronous serial data." current
• 19:2319:23, 20 June 2024 diff hist +423‎ N Glossary:UPS ‎ Created page with "A UPS or Uninterruptible Power Supply is a back-up power supply that automatically cuts in on failure of the mains, allowing computers, telecommunications and possibly life-support equipment to continue operating. Normally relying on rechargeable batteries, it may only be able to provide power for long enough for orderly shutdown of computers, or in a critical application, for the start-up of a back-up diesel generator." current
• 19:1519:15, 20 June 2024 diff hist +116‎ Glossary:Earth ‎No edit summary current
• 16:5216:52, 20 June 2024 diff hist +159‎ N Glossary:DUT ‎ Created page with "A DUT (Device Under Test) is a term used in testing and measurement to refer to the specific electronic component, assembly, or system that is being evaluated." current
• 08:5508:55, 20 June 2024 diff hist +217‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 08:5408:54, 20 June 2024 diff hist +19‎ Glossary:Balun ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4808:48, 20 June 2024 diff hist +97‎ Glossary:Earth ‎No edit summary
• 08:4408:44, 20 June 2024 diff hist +201‎ N Glossary:Earth ‎ Created page with "Earth is the 3rd planet from the Sun. In an electronical context, earth or ground, being common to all humankind, is taken to mean the zero of all voltages."
• 08:3708:37, 20 June 2024 diff hist +637‎ N Glossary:CT ‎ Created page with "A centre tap (CT) is a connection made at the mid point of a transformer winding. The two halves can then produce or be fed by two AC voltages equal in magnitude but opposite in phase. In a power supply this allows full wave rectification with 2 diodes instead of 4. In a Class B amplifier the two halves may be driven in opposite phase by two power transistors..." current
• 08:3208:32, 20 June 2024 diff hist +522‎ N Glossary:Balun ‎ Created page with "A balun (short for "balanced to unbalanced") is an electrical device that converts between a balanced signal (one with two conductors carrying equal and opposite signals) and an unbalanced signal (one with a single conductor and a ground). Baluns are commonly used in radio and audio applications to connect balanced transmission lines, such as twisted pair cables, to unbalanced systems, like coaxial cables. They help in matching impedance, reducing..."

14 June 2024

• 11:3011:30, 14 June 2024 diff hist +165‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 11:2911:29, 14 June 2024 diff hist +1‎ m Glossary:FUBAR ‎No edit summary current
• 11:2511:25, 14 June 2024 diff hist +309‎ N Glossary:FUBAR ‎ Created page with "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition is an expression used to describe a situation which isabout as bad as it could be. If anything it's rather worse than a SNAFU. (There are other interpretations of the acronymn conveying the same or a similar meaning but not all suitable for polite company.)"
• 11:2511:25, 14 June 2024 diff hist +247‎ N Glossary:SNAFU ‎ Created page with "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up is a sarcastic expression, believed to have originated in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, describing a bad yet not unfamilar situation. A FUBAR is, if anything, somewhat worse." current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 11:0911:09, 14 June 2024 diff hist +34‎ m Glossary:RTFM ‎No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
• 11:0711:07, 14 June 2024 diff hist +271‎ N Glossary:RTFM ‎ Created page with "Read The Fine/Frigging/Flippin'/eFfing Manual, a comment sometimes aimed at oneself, when it becomes apparent or when the person addressed perhaps should perhaps have realised that the answer to a problem is plainly covered in the manual, handbook or other documentation."