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Empower yourself with the language of insiders. We decipher the arcane terms, epigrammatic abbreviations, and weird words used in the industry.

Blackouts
Periods of time where there is a complete loss of power.

Brownouts (or Sags)
Periods of time where there are decreases in the amount of voltage coming through a power line.

Double Conversion
A term which means that an AC current is transformed to a DC current and then back to AC for connected equipment. On-line UPS units typically use double conversion.

Spike
A very strong surge of power, often caused by lightning strikes.

Surge
A brief increase in voltage coming through a power line.

Volt Ampere (VA)
Volt Ampere, or Watt, is the unit used to quantify power.
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