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power supplyA system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by electronic circuits. A computer power supply converts AC into multiple DC voltages. For example, 12 volts is commonly used for drives, while 3.3v and 5v are used by the chips and other motherboard components.
power supply [′pau̇ยทər sə‚plī] (electronics) A source of electrical energy, such as a battery or power line, employed to furnish the tubes and semiconductor devices of an electronic circuit with the proper electric voltages and currents for their operation. Also known as electronic power supply.
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There is no way the device could feed a filtering signal back into the wall outlet, since it gets it power via a standard wall-wart hookup. |
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