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21 June 2024
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| N 21:25 | Glossary:POTS diffhist +108 Philip talk contribs (Created page with "POTS or Plain Old Telephone System refers to the legacy analogue telephone system carried over copper wires.") | ||||
| N 21:25 | Glossary:PSTN diffhist +225 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
| N 21:07 | Glossary:SOGEA diffhist +375 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
| N 20:53 | Glossary:FTTC diffhist +271 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
| N 20:52 | Glossary:FTTP diffhist +260 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
20 June 2024
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| N 19:43 | Glossary:Unicode diffhist +526 Philip talk contribs (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...") | ||||
| N 19:39 | Glossary:ASCII diffhist +316 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
| N 19:34 | Glossary:UART/USART diffhist +347 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
| N 19:23 | Glossary:UPS diffhist +423 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
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N 19:15 | Glossary:Earth 3 changes history +414 [Philip (3×)] | |||
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08:44 (cur | prev) +201 Philip talk contribs (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.") | |||
| N 16:52 | Glossary:DUT diffhist +159 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
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N 08:54 | Glossary:Balun 2 changes history +541 [Philip (2×)] | |||
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08:32 (cur | prev) +522 Philip talk contribs (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...") | |||
| N 08:37 | Glossary:CT diffhist +637 Philip talk contribs (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...") | ||||
14 June 2024
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N 11:29 | Glossary:FUBAR 2 changes history +310 [Philip (2×)] | |||
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11:25 (cur | prev) +309 Philip talk contribs (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.)") | |||
| N 11:25 | Glossary:SNAFU diffhist +247 Philip talk contribs (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.") | ||||
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N 11:09 | Glossary:RTFM 2 changes history +305 [Philip (2×)] | |||
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11:07 (cur | prev) +271 Philip talk contribs (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.") | |||
13 June 2024
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08:41 (cur | prev) +848 Philip talk contribs (Created page with "A DED or Dark Emitting Diode is a theoretical device which absorbs photons in poportion to the current passing through it. A [https://www.edn.com/zener-enhanced-dark-emitting-diodes-zededs-deliver-10x-more-dark-per-watt/ preliminary announcement] was published on 1st Apr 2015 promising devices with a 10-fold increased performance by coupling a PN junction with an embedded quantum vacuum cavity, thus creating a highly efficient photonic extinction regi...") | |||
12 June 2024
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| N 21:07 | Glossary:Trimpot diffhist +229 Philip talk contribs (Created page with "A trimpot is type of potentiometer intended for occasional adjustment only, usually requiring a screwdriver. Sometimes it will be set on manufacture or calibration then locked with some kind of sealant.") | ||||
| N 21:02 | Glossary:Wall cube diffhist +238 Philip talk contribs (Created page with "A wall cube (also known as a wall wart) is that type of power supply which is built into a mains plug, for plugging directly into a wall socket. Chargers for phones and small gadgets most often come in this form.") | ||||
| 20:54 | Glossary:Oscilloscope diffhist +59 Philip talk contribs | ||||
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