uninterruptible power supply
Noun
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Noun
uninterruptible power supply
- (electrical engineering) A device or system that almost instantaneously provides emergency power in the case that main power fails.
- 2009, Geoff Craighead, High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, p. 357:
- Examples of emergency power supplies include a storage battery or group of batteries, a generator driven by a fuel-supplied prime mover, or an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) […].
- 2018, Gloucester Advocate, 24 June ↗:
- This upgrade comes after the installation of a $50,000 uninterruptible power supply system to compliment the facilities independent power supply.
- 2009, Geoff Craighead, High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, p. 357:
- uninterruptible power source
- UPS
- French: alimentation statique sans coupure
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