single component that use the 1-Wire bus to communicate. 1-Wire devices can fit in different places in a system. It might be one of many components on a circuit...
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A wire is a flexible, round, bar of metal. Wires are commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Wire gauges come in various...
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The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable...
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Overhead line (redirect from Overhead wire)
(OHL), overhead wiring (OHW), traction wire, and trolley wire. An overhead line consists of one or more wires (or rails, particularly in tunnels) situated...
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Pressure measurement (section Pirani (one wire))
determined. This type of gauge was invented by Marcello Pirani. In two-wire gauges, one wire coil is used as a heater, and the other is used to measure temperature...
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Wire-to-wire is a term used in competitive events and sports for a champion who maintained the lead during an entire competition. The term originated from...
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Trolleybus (section Off-wire power developments)
streetcar, which normally uses the track as the return path, needing only one wire and one pole (or pantograph). They are also distinct from other kinds of electric...
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Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Its...
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Concertina wire or Dannert wire is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. In conjunction...
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American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a logarithmic stepped standardized wire gauge system used since 1857, predominantly in North America, for the diameters of...
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"The Wire" is the sixth episode of the first season of the HBO original series The Wire, the titular episode of the series. The episode was written by...
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Steer-by-wire, in the context of the automotive industry, is a technology or system that allows steering some or all of a vehicle's wheels without a steering...
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A safety wire or locking-wire is a type of positive locking device that prevents fasteners from falling out due to vibration and other forces. The presence...
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Single-wire earth return (SWER) or single-wire ground return is a single-wire transmission line which supplies single-phase electric power from an electrical...
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materials, particularly pirated music. In 2007, LimeWire was estimated to be installed on over one-third of all computers globally. Both a zero-cost version...
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The Daily Wire is an American conservative media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing. The company...
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Piano wire, or "music wire", is a specialized type of wire made for use in piano strings but also in other applications as springs. It is made from tempered...
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Cable harness (redirect from Wire harness)
also known as a wire harness, wiring harness, cable assembly, wiring assembly or wiring loom, is an assembly of electrical cables or wires which transmit...
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Electrical cable (redirect from Multi-wire cable)
An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used as an electrical conductor to carry electric current...
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is a type of polyphase system employing three wires (or four including an optional neutral return wire) and is the most common method used by electrical...
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of barbed wire for warfare was in 1898 during the Spanish American War, thirty-one years after the first patents were issued in 1867. One of the most...
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Litz wire is a particular type of multistrand wire or cable used in electronics to carry alternating current (AC) at radio frequencies. The wire is designed...
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experiment, he wrapped two wires around opposite sides of an iron ring. He expected that, when current started to flow in one wire, a sort of wave would travel...
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Wire recording, also known as magnetic wire recording, was the first magnetic recording technology, an analog type of audio storage. It recorded sound...
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World Wireless System (section One-wire transmission)
was the operation of light and motive devices connected by a single wire to one terminal of a high frequency induction coil, performed during the 1891...
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to flow in one wire, a sort of wave would travel through the ring and cause some electrical effect on the opposite side. He plugged one wire into a galvanometer...
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current-carrying wires (see first figure below) is often called Ampère's force law. The physical origin of this force is that each wire generates a magnetic...
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made wire-wrap connection for 30 or 28 AWG wire is seven turns (fewer for larger wire) of bare wire with half to one and a half turns of insulated wire at...
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Wire transfer, bank transfer, or credit transfer, is a method of electronic funds transfer from one person or entity to another. A wire transfer can be...
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Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight...
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