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Electrical bus

An electrical bus (sometimes spelled buss) is a physical electrical interface where many devices share the same electric connection. This allows signals to be transferred between devices (allowing information

Information

Information as a Conveyed concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control system, data, form, instruction, knowledge, Meaning , stimulation, pattern, perception, and knowledge representation....
or power

Electric power

Electric power is defined as the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt .When electric current flows in a circuit, it can transfer energy to do mechanical work or work ....
to be shared). A bus often takes the form of an array of wires that terminate at a connector

Connector

Connector may refer to:* Electrical connector, a device for joining electrical circuits together** Audio and video connector** Gender of connectors and fasteners...
which allows a device to be plugged into the bus.

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Electric power

Connector

Buses are used for connecting components of a computer
Computer

A computer is a machine that manipulates Data according to a list of Code .The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century , although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier....
: a common example is the PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect

The PCI Local Bus , or Conventional PCI, is a computer bus for attaching computer hardware in a computer. These devices can take either the form of an integrated circuit fitted onto the motherboard itself, called a planar device in the PCI specification or an expansion card that fits into a socket....
bus in PC
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
s. See computer bus.
Buses are used for communicating between computers (often microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
s). See computer bus.
Buses are used for distribution of electrical power to components of a system. The (usually) thick conductors used are called busbar
Busbar

A busbar in electrical power distribution refers to thick strips of copper or aluminium that conduct electricity within a Electric switchboard, distribution board, substation, or other electrical apparatus....
s. In an electrical laboratory, for example, a bare bus-bar will sometimes line the wall, to be used by the engineers and technicians for its high electric current
Electric current

Electric current is the flow of electric charge. The electric charge may be either electrons or ions.The International System of Units unit of electric current intensity is the ampere....
-carrying capacity, which allows a convenient approximation to zero voltage, or ground
Ground (electricity)

In electrical engineering, ground or earth may be the reference point in an electrical circuit from which other voltages are measured, or a common return path for electric current, or a direct physical connection to the Earth....
in the US
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and earth
Ground (electricity)

In electrical engineering, ground or earth may be the reference point in an electrical circuit from which other voltages are measured, or a common return path for electric current, or a direct physical connection to the Earth....
in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
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In analysis of an electric power network a "bus" is any node of the single-line diagram
One-line diagram

In power engineering, a one-line diagram or single-line diagram is a simplified notation for representing a three-phase power system. The one-line diagram has its largest application in Power flow study....
at which voltage
Voltage

Electrical tension is the potential difference between two points of an electrical or electronic circuit, expressed in volts. It is the measurement of the potential for an electric field to cause an electric current in an electrical conductor....
, current, power flow, or other quantities are to be evaluated. These may or may not correspond with heavy electrical conductors at a substation
Electrical substation

An electrical substation is a subsidiary station of an electricity Electrical generation, electric power transmission and electricity distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers....
.
In pro audio, "bus" refers to a place in the audio signal chain where one can hear a mix
Audio mixing (recorded music)

Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics and panoramic position are commonly being manipulated and effects such as reverb might be added....
of different audio signals—usually at the output of a mixer
Mixing console

In professional Sound reproduction, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board or soundboard, is an Electronics device for combining , routing, and changing the level, Timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals....
, or as a separate sub-mix within the mixer (for example all of the microphones used to capture a drum kit
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
). Sometimes it is used interchangeably with the noun "mix".

Electrical bus

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