Electricity

Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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Working near

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Refers to working near live parts. Any activity inside a limited approach boundary.

Refers to working on live parts. Coming in contact with live parts with the hands, feet, or other body parts, with tools, probes, or test equipment, regardless of the personal protective equipment a ...

Wi-Fi protected access (WPA)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

WPA is a security specification for the 802.11 standards replacing the less effective WEP. It uses 802.1x and EAP to restrict network access, and it uses its own encryption called Temporal Key ...

Wireless personal-area network (WPAN)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

WPAN is a PAN that uses wireless means of connecting, however since all PAN technologies, such as Bluetooth, are wireless, you can consider the terms synonymous.

Wye

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A three phase, four-wire electrical configuration where each of the individual phases is connected to a common point, the "center" of the Y. This common point normally is connected to an electrical ...

Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A thermo set plastic compound that is used for insulation of wire and cable.

Xmodem

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A protocol for transferring files during direct dial-up communications. Developed by Ward Christensen in 1977, Xmodem does error checking to ensure that information is not lost or corrupted during ...