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[–] 24 points 5 months ago (14 children)

AC means Alternating Current, electrical current that periodically reverses direction, and DC means Direct Current, a current that continuously flows in one direction. AC/DC on a socket means it can take both types of power.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    AC/DC on a socket means it can take both types

    Go on...

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    So see, power intake is a spectrum… some devices are born AC, some DC. Some devices however go both ways. It’s natural. However some organizations like the IEC want to force their narrow world view on everyone.

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    Musicians. In a time without Wikipedia. Nobody could look up things back then.

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    Not everybody had a CD drive in his PC.

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