Definitions of electrical energy
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energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
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AC, alternating current, alternating electric current
an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
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DC, direct current, direct electric current
an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
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signal
an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
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interrupt
a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
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energy, free energy
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
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