latest version will be on in week or so
http://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/tool_terms.htm


Allen Key : hex key , hex wrench, Allen wrench
answerphone : answering machine
anti-clockwise : counter-clockwise
Araldite (epoxy glue) : J B Weld
Avo (meter, short for Avocet ) [old analogue multimeter ] : VTVM (vacuum
tube voltmeter; usually line-powered) or a VOM (volt-ohmmeter; usually
battery-powered)
Bakelite : Catlin
banana plugs : wander plugs
billion (before year 1974 ) : million million
(the) box, telly : television (set)
Bulgin connectors : ?
earth [voltage reference] : ground
elastic band, rubber band : flex
enameled copper wire : magnet wire
engineer's persuader for percussive maintenance : knockometer
flex : electric cord
Gilbows : tinsnips
Harwin/Molex connectors : Amp/Tyco
Hellerman pliers ,(triple prong sleeving expanders) : ?
high tension (HT) : high voltage (hv)
imperial (measurements ) : inches,feet,yards,miles
jack : plug (male part of a connection)
LOPT , Line Output Transformer (pronounced Lop-tee) : IHVT (Flyback
Transformer) , IFBT = Integrated FlyBack Transformer
mains (power) [electricity supply company power feed ] : line (power)
maths (mathematics ) : math
metric (measurements, mm ,cm, metres,km) : European
mobile (phone) : cellphone, wireless, cellular phone
Mole grips : lock jaw pliers, vice grips
Paxolin : Lucite ?
Perspex : Plexiglas
pilewound (as in a coil) : scatterwound
plug in power supply : wall wart, ac adapter
plugs and sockets (male and female designated by forms of outer housing ) :
plugs and sockets (male and female designated by forms inner electrical
connections )
power point : electric socket
phono connectors : RCA connectors (archaic)
QM connectors : ?
reaction : regeneration
rubber (hard formulation) : Ebonite
spanner : wrench
scope (oscilloscope) : o'scope, oscope
screening : shielding
socket : jack (except for mains wall outlets)
Stanley knife : box cutter , utility knife
Stilsons : pipewrench
thou (thousandth of an inch ): mil (measurement)
trillion (before 1974 ? ) : million million million
valve : tube
Vero board ,copper strip matrix board : Vector board
video : vcr (machine)
white goods : appliances
wireless : radio

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