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power hit

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power hit - (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.


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UN air power hit the North Koreans again and again, breaking enemy resistance and giving the Marine invasion force the lifesaving minutes they needed to get across the mud flats and secure their perimeters.
The Navy's Air War in Korea: September-October 1950 by Evans, Mark L. / Naval Aviation News
Although Tower of Power hit a slump in the '80s, the band tours nonstop and plays to sold-out venues in Japan, Europe and the U.
ROCK FAVES PLAY L.A. COUNTY FAIR by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
As the Vietnam war raged and flower power hit its pinnacle in 1972, a group of hippies turned a Canoga Park grocery store into a beachhead for vegetarian living.
HEART BROKEN; NATURAL FOODS STORE FIGHTS TO RETAIN CUSTOMER BASE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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