"StickThatInYourPipeAndSmokeIt"
"Phil Allison"

Usage defines meaning and usage VARIES with different groups of people.

Yes. Like little loops placed where two wires intersect but do not
touch (which would be a node) on a schematic... or not.

I say it is archaic. At best.


** Have to disagree there.

Some time back, I purchased a service manual for a 2000 watt stereo power
amplifier ( the EV 2.0 kW ) which includes a pair of switching PSUs.

To my total horror, I found that throughout the many pages of schematics,
not one black dot was to be seen where any lines crossed.

The manual was produced in Korea - as was the amplifier and sold under the
EV brand round the world. When I complained to the people who supplied the
manual to me and was told all copies of the manual were like that.

Took many hours to figure out where black dots needed to be and insert them.


....... Phil