No seriously, I always get blank stares when I ask people, I've called them wall chargers or power bricks, my friend called them plug chargers, my fiancee calls them dongles. What do you call these around your house, like when you're asking someone if they've seen any (______)'s
POWER ADAPTER
Mode: YF-W36-2U
Input: 100-240v~50/60Hz 0.35A
Output: 5V=2.4A Total
bricks
Wall wart, but nobody knows what the fuck I’m talking about. “charger plug” is what those anround me expect to hear. So, that’s what I call them.
Power brick, power adapter, or USB charger are what come to mind for me.
I gotta say I disagree heavily with your fiancee on dongles. IMO dongles are adapters for data of some kind, not just power from the wall. But to each their own I guess.
wall warts
USB chargers
Wall Warts.
Charger block/brick. I'm definitrly siding with you; "dongle" is a bit of a stretch for these.
Phone charger
But in the case of the ones in the pic, fire hazzard
I’m reading through the comments and pretty much I’ve heard them called all of them and I’ve called them most of them
Except a wall wart
USB power adapter
Clearly labeled power adapters
AC adapters
Fire hazards
USB charger
We call them Handyladegeräte, and I think that's beautiful
I think I'd call them "bad USB chargers"
All of that minus dongles. Never dongles!
Brick or Charger
My favorite has always been "wall wart"
“Charging block”
I don't know, but now I'm calling them wall warts because this community corrupts us, lol.
Phone Charger/Wall Charger
Wall Adapter
Charging block/brick
All of these work except "dongle". a dongle had a specific purpose in my day, some high end software wouldnt work without the dongle (a USB, serial or parallel device) plugged into the computer. Was an anti piracy device.
If the transformer is in the same housing at the plug with a separate cable (as shown): wall wart.
If the DC cable is attached, it's a charger.
If it's housed in its own case, it's a power brick.
If there's no transformer it's a power lead, unless it's rated for over 10A, then it's a power cable.
Dongles are peripherals that are housed in the same casing as the host connector. Anyone who thinks they can power a device with a dongle is a dangerous sociopath.
"Brick," or "charger brick." Sometimes "AC adapter."
USB Charger
usb charger / usb wall plug / usb power adapter
drop the 'usb' when the context makes it obvious
USB A/C adapter, or just "ac adapter".
USB chargers.
"Dongles" are wire to wire USB adapters for computers. Sound "cards", Ethernet adapters, video adapters.
I generally think of these as "transformers", but I call it a power supply. Mostly folks look at me like a Labrador trying to do calculus, and say "You mean a power brick?"
Usually charger brick or just brick
Charging brick.
Unless I'm describing it in a system, then it's a full bridge rectifier :)
Wall wart or charging brick.
I call them '..a brick, a power brick.. a charger, no, the part you plug..'. Lmao, I carry one of these, whatever its cursed name is, with me literally everywhere I go so I don't have to ask for the thing. I feel you sib.
See also: portable USB memory.
Edit: unless you need another thing! A power bank? 'This?' Taking out a brick. A usb-c cable? 'What?' Phone charger? 'This?' No, the cable.. thanks.. sorry this is usb-a I'm gonna need the brick as well.. 'the what?' Smh.
Dongle? That implies connection to a host computer.
Charging Blocks
AC/DC-inator
Full Bridge Rectifier
"no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C"
Wall wart or power brick.
Adapter or charger. Rarely - power brick.
Wall wart
Usb wall charger
wall warts
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