We've included this handy glossary to help with the terminology & abbreviations relating to power products. Pick a letter below to begin, or download the glossary to refer to it whenever you like.

[ A ]	From 'A' to 'AWG'	[ N ]	From 'Nano ' to 'NTC'
[ B ]	From 'Back Electromotive Force (Back EMF)' to 'Bus Converter '	[ O ]	From 'OCV' to 'OVP'
[ C ]	From 'C' to 'Curve B (or Class B)'	[ P ]	From 'P' to 'PWM '
[ D ]	From 'dB' to 'Dynamic Load'	[ Q ]	From 'Quarter Brick ' to ' 'Quarter Brick '
[ E ]	From 'Earth' to 'External Fusing'	[ R ]	From 'R' to 'RS485'
[ F ]	From 'F' to 'Fusible Link'	[ S ]	From 'S' to 'System International d’Unites (SI)'
[ G ]	From 'Galvanic' to 'Grounded'	[ T ]	From 't' to 'TUV '
[ H ]	From 'H' to 'Hz'	[ U ]	From 'U' to 'USB'
[ I ]	From 'I ' to 'Isolation Voltage'	[ V ]	From 'V' to 'Vss'
[ J ]	From 'J ' to 'Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)'	[ W ]	From 'W' to 'Working Voltage'
[ K ]	From 'K to 'kWh'	[ X-Z ]	From 'X ' to 'Zetta '
[ L ]	From 'L ' to 'LVD'	[ 0-9 ]	From '' to ''
[ M ]	From 'Magnetic Amplifier (Mag Amp)' to 'Multiple Output Power Supply'	[ Other ]	From '°C ' to '°F '

Term of the day :

SI prefix multiplier. Multiplies by 10²⁴. So 100 YF = 100 x 10²⁴ F. Written as 'yotta'. Abbreviated to 'Y'.

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