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"POTS" is a plural of: pot. |
Date "POTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | POTS Plain Old Telephone Service. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Pots A Stock Exchange term, signifying the "North Staffordshire Railway stock." Of course, the word means "the potteries" (See Stock Exchange Slang .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Plain Old Telephone Service, or POTS, are the services available from an analogue telephones prior to the introduction of electronic telephone exchanges into the public switched telephone network. These services had been available almost since the introduction of the telephone system in the late nineteenth century.These services included:
With the advent of electronic telephone exchanges and computerisation during the 1970s and 1980s, a raft of new network services became available. These had been termed PANS for Pretty Advanced Network (or New) Services by some in the industry, although that term has never really caught on. The service offered include:
- Bi-directional, or duplex, speech path,
- Dial Tone and Ringing Signals,
- Subscriber Dialing,
- Operator Services, such as directory assistance and long distance and conference calling assistance.
and a number of other similar services.
- Voice Mail
- Caller Identification
- Call Waiting
- Reminder Calls
- (Three Way) Conference Calling
- Enhanced 911
The new services were made possible by the introduction of the support network for the ISDN as well as raised consumer expectations from services offered on mobile telephones.
Historical Note
The system now known as the Plain Old Telephone Service was originally knowns as the Post Office Telephone Service or Post Office Telephone System. The term was dropped as telephone services were removed from the control of national post offices.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Plain Old Telephone Service."
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POTS has several meanings; did you mean:
- Plain Old Telephone Service (The traditional telephone at the end of a telephone line connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN)
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "POTS."
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A resistor is an electrical component designed to have an electrical resistance that is independent of the current flowing through it. The common type of resistor is also designed to be independent of temperature and other factors. Resistors may be fixed or variable. Variable resistors are also called potentiometers or rheostats (see below).
Resistors
electrical resistanceSome resistors are long and thin, with the actual resisting part in the centre, with a conducting metal leg on each side. The photo on the right shows a row of commonly used resistors in a bandolier. Resistors used in computers and other devices are typically much smaller, often in surface-mount (Surface-mount technology) packages without leads.
Resistors are used as part of electrical networks and incorporated into microelectronic semiconductor devices. The critical measurement of a resistor is its resistance, which serves as a ratio of voltage to current and is measured by the SI unit ohm. A component has resistance 1 ohm if a voltage of 1 volt across the component results in a current of 1 ampere, or amp, which is equivalent to a flow of 6.25 × 1018 electrons per second in the opposite direction.
Any physical object is a kind of resistor. Most metals are conductors, and have low resistance to the flow of electricity. The human body, a piece of plastic, or even air has a resistance that can be measured. Materials that have very high resistance are called insulators.
The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance through an object is given by a simple equation, derived from and often confused with Ohm's Law:
where V is the voltage across the object in volts, I is the current through the object in amperes, and R is the resistance in ohms. If V and I have a linear relationship -- that is, R is constant -- along a range of values, the material of the object is said to be ohmic over that range. An ideal resistor has a fixed resistance across all frequencies and amplitudes of voltage or current.
- V = IR
Superconducting materials at very low temperatures have zero resistance. Insulators (such as air, diamond, or other non-conducting materials) may have extremely high (but not infinite) resistance, but break down and admit the flow of current under sufficiently high voltage.
The resistance of a component can be calculated from its physical characteristics. Resistance is proportional to the length of the resistor and to the material's resistivity, a physical property of the molecules that comprise the resistor, and inversely proportional to cross-sectional area.
Standard resistors are sold in values from a few milliohms to about a gigohm; only a limited range of values called preferred values are available. In practice, the discrete component sold as a "resistor" is not a perfect resistance, as defined above. Resistors are often marked with their tolerance (maximum expected variation from the marked resistance). On color coded resistors a rightmost silver band denotes 10% tolerance, a gold band 5% tolerance, and a red band 2% tolerance. Closer tolerance resistors, called precision resistors, are also available.
A resistor has a maximum working voltage and current above which the resistance may change (drastically, in some cases) or the resistor may be physically damaged (burn up, for instance). Although some resistors have specified voltage and current ratings, most are rated with a maximum power which is determined by the physical size. Common power ratings for carbon composition and metal-film resistors are 1/8 watt, 1/4 watt, and 1/2 watt. Metal-film resistors are more stable than carbon resistors against temperature changes and age. Larger resistors are able to dissipate more heat because of their larger surface area. Wire-wound and sand-filled resistors are used when a high power rating is required, such as 20 watts.
Furthermore, all real resistors also introduce some inductance and capacitance, which change the dynamic behavior of the resistor from the ideal equation.
Variable resistor
The variable resistor is a resistor whose value can be adjusted by a mechanical movement, for example by being turned by hand.Variable resistors can be cheap single-turn types or multi-turn types with a helical element. Some even have a mechanical display to count the turns.
Traditionally, variable resistors have been unreliable, because the wire or metal would corrode or wear. Some modern variable resistors use plastic materials that do not corrode. There is even a system that uses a photoelectric sensor "reading" the optical density of a piece of film. Since the sensor does not touch the film, no wear is possible.
A rheostat is a variable resistor with two terminals, one fixed and one sliding. It is often used with high currents.
A potentiometer is a common form of variable resistor. In this form, a movable contact called the wiper travels the length of a fixed resistor, both ends of the resistor as well as the wiper having electrical connections. This provides a variable ratio of resistances, as well as either an increasing or decreasing resistor. The resistive element may be resistance wire, carbon particles in plastic or a ceramic/metal mixture.
Although rotary potentiometers are more common, linear potentiometers also exist. It's often used to measure movement.
One popular form of rotary potentiometer is called a "string pot." It's a multi-turn potentiometer with an attached reel of wire turning against a spring. It's very convenient for measuring movement.
Potentiometers are available in both linear and logarithmic forms. A "linear pot" has a resistive element of constant cross-section, resulting in a device where the resistance between the wiper and one end terminal is proportional to the distance between them. A "log pot" has a resistive element that either tapers in a controlled way from one end to the other, or is made from a material whose resistivity varies from one end to the other. This results in a device where the distance between the wiper and one end terminal is proportional to the logarithm of the resistance between them. The "log pot" is used as the volume control in audio amplifiers, where it is also called an "audio pot", because the amplitude response of the human ear is also logarithmic. It ensures that, on a volume control marked 0 to 10, for example, a setting of 5 sounds half as loud as a setting of 10.
A Metal Oxide Varistor, or M.O.V. is a special type of resistor which has 2 very different resistance values, a very high resistance at low voltage (below the trigger voltage) and very low resistance at high voltage (above the trigger voltage). They are usually used for short circuit protection in power strips or lightning bolt "arrestors" on street power poles, or as a "snubber" in back electromotive force circuits.
See Also
Resistors in series and parallel circuits
Electronic color codeSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Resistor."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
POTS | English | Plain old telephone service | Computing |
POTS | Greek | απλή παλιά τηλεφωνική υπηρεσία | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | And rattle those pots and pans ("Shake Rattle and Roll"; performing artist: Joe Turner) And I'll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold (Buy For Me the Rain; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) My house is dark and my pots are cold (Evil Ways; performing artist: Santana) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pots to Planes (1941) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Crab pots in a channel. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Crab pots stacked up along the docks at Tangier Island. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Crab pots ready for deployment. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Crab boat with crab pots - used for blue crab. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Chris Doley, of NOAA, hauls an experimental crab pot from the water at a sampling site. Blue crab pot samples were taken at shallow-water sites around Poplar Island using pots with mesh sizes about three times smaller than used in commercial crab pots. The mesh in the pots used for sampling was about 1/2" of fine mesh netting. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Setting crab pots in Poplar Harbor, note the fine mesh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. This rainbow over Winyah Bay supports the theory that estuaries are pots of gold . Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Lobster - Homarus americanus. A large lobster has been set on the top of a lobster pot. Buoys dot Narragansett Bay marking the sites of lobster pots. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | NHOTIC 10th Anniversary, wagon train reenactment. Pots, pans, and campfire at encampment. Credit: Percilla Franco. |  | Crab fishing pots. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |
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| "Clay Pots" by Andrew Kim Commentary: "Clay pots." | "Three pots in the kitchen" by Ary Post Commentary: "Three pots in one view." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Metal silverware and pots falling to the floor. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This Rue des Postes was in the thirteenth century inhabited by potters, and its true name is Rue des Pots. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Long bar, and salts, peppers, mustard pots, and paper napkins |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In recent years small to medium size investments in factories for PVC tiles, doors, windows, laminated film, buttons, refrigerator and deep freezer parts, vacuum flasks, hot pots footwear, industrial laminates, parts for automobiles, melamine tableware, collapsible tubes and many other products have reduced imports of consumer items, but continue to offer a growing and large market for plastic materials and resins. (references) | |
Economic History | Belgium | Consequently, Belgium is one of Europe's true melting pots with Celtic, Roman, Germanic, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Austrian cultures having made an imprint. (references) |
Switzerland | Household Articles: Items range from Tupperware (every Swiss household has at least one of their famous items) to special cooking pots and pans that allow cooking without any or very little fat or water. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "POTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.67% of the time. "POTS" is used about 916 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.67% | 913 | 7,858 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 916 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "POTS": pots and pans ♦ pots of money. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "POTS": pots-and-pans. | |
Ending with "POTS": chamber-pots, chimney-pots, cook-pots, flower-pots. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
african pots.com their violet | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "POTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | كمية ضخمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сума пари (packet, pot, pots of money), куп пари (packet, pot, pots of money). (various references) | |
Chinese | 罐 (Canister, cannister, Pot). (various references) | |
Danish | POTS (plan old telephone service), telefonitjenesten (plan old telephone service). (various references) | |
Dutch | verouderde telefoondienst (plan old telephone service), conventionele telefoondienst (plain old telephone service). (various references) | |
Finnish | perinteinen puhelinpalvelu (plan old telephone service), tavallinen perinteinen puhelinpalvelu (plain old telephone service). (various references) | |
French | service téléphonique traditionnel, service téléphonique ordinaire, service téléphonique classique, grande quantité. (various references) | |
German | Töpfe, Kochtöpfe (saucepans), herkömmlicher Fernsprechdienst (plain old telephone service). (various references) | |
Greek | POTS (plan old telephone service), συμβατική τηλεφωνική υπηρεσία (plain old telephone service), απλή παλιά τηλεφωνική υπηρεσία (plan old telephone service). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fazekasáru (crockery, pottery), cserépáru (earthenware). (various references) | |
Italian | pentole, servizio telefonico convenzionale (plain old telephone service). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鍋釜 (kitchen utensils, pots and pans), 窯出し (removing pots from kiln). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なべかま (kitchen utensils, pots and pans), かまだし (removing pots from kiln). (various references) | |
Korean | 남비 (Pot). (various references) | |
Manx | puit. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | POTS (plan old telephone service), velho e comum sistema telefónico (plan old telephone service), serviço telefónico convencional (plain old telephone service). (various references) | |
Romanian | veselã de bucãtãrie (pots and pans). (various references) | |
Spanish | servicio telefónico convencional (plain old telephone service, plan old telephone service), montones (lashings, oodles, scores, tons), cacharros (pottery). (various references) | |
Swedish | vanlig telefoni (plain old telephone service), bastelefoni (plain old telephone service). (various references) | |
Turkish | yışınla para (a pot of money, pots of money), yığınla para (a pot of money, pots of money), kap kacak (dishes, pots and pans, utensils), dünya kadar para (a pot of money, pots of money), çanak çömlek (crockery, fictile ware, pots and pans, pottery). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 2, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Legei autoiV o ihsouV gemisate taV udriaV udatoV kai egemisan autaV ewV anw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dicit eis Iesus implete hydrias aqua et impleverunt eas usque ad summum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða bead se halend þæt hyo þa fatemid watere ge-fyldon. & hyo ge-felden þaodð (sic) þanne brerd. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Jhesus seith to hem, Fille ye the pottis with watir. And thei filliden hem, vp to the mouth. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Iesus sayde vnto them: fyll the water pottes with water. And they fylled them vp to the brym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them to the brim. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 2, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Jesus miingon kanila, "Pun-a ninyog tubig ang mga tadyaw." Ug kini ilang gipanagpuno hangtud sa ngabil. |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 對 用 人 說 、 把 缸 倒 滿 了 水 ． 他 們 就 倒 滿 了 、 直 到 缸 口 。 |
| Croatian | Kaže Isus poslužiteljima: "Napunite posude vodom!" I napune ih do vrha. |
| Danish | Jesus siger til dem: "Fylder Vandkarrene med Vand; " og de fyldte dem indtil det øverste. |
| Dutch | Jezus zeide tot hen: Vult de watervaten met water. En zij vulden ze tot boven toe. |
| Finnish | Jeesus sanoi heille: "Täyttäkää astiat vedellä". Ja he täyttivät ne reunoja myöten. |
| French | Jésus leur dit: Remplissez d`eau ces vases. Et ils les remplirent jusqu`au bord. |
| German | Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Füllet die Wasserkrüge mit Wasser! Und sie füllten sie bis obenan. |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi di moun ki t'ap sèvi yo: Plen ja yo dlo. Yo plen yo ra bouch. |
| Hungarian | Monda nékik Jézus: Töltsétek meg a vedreket vízzel. És megtölték azokat színig. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yesus berkata kepada pelayan-pelayan itu, "Isilah tempayan-tempayan itu dengan air." Mereka mengisinya sampai penuh. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata Yesus kepada mereka itu, "Isikanlah air ke dalam segala tempayan ini." Maka mereka itu pun mengisi penuh sampai ke mulutnya. |
| Maori | Ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Whakakiia nga ipu ki te wai. A whakakiia ana e ratou, purena noa. |
| Norwegian | Jesus sa til dem: Fyll karene med vann! Og de fylte dem til randen. |
| Portuguese | Ordenou-lhe Jesus: Enchei de água essas talhas. E encheram- nas até em cima. |
| Rumanian | Isus le -a zis: ,,Umpleyi vasele acestea cu apq``. Wi le-au umplut pknq sus. |
| Shuar | Nuyá Jesus umutain Wáinmaun "Ju yaraatai aimpratarum" Tímiayi. Takui mete aimprarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Jesús les dijo: --Llenad de agua las tinajas. Y las llenaron hasta el borde. |
| Swahili | Yesu akawaambia, "Ijazeni mitungi hiyo maji." Nao wakaijaza mpaka juu. |
| Swedish | Jesus sade till dem: "Fyllen krukorna med vatten." Och de fyllde dem ända till brädden. |
| Uma | Na'uli' Yesus mpo'uli' -raka topobago toera: "Ihii' pontu'ua ue tetu lau hante ue." Ra'ihii' mpu'u-mi rapoponu'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "POTS": potshard, potshards, potsherd, potsherds, potshot, potshots, potshotting, potsie, potsies, potstone, potstones, potsy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "POTS": boughpots, bowpots, cachepots, chassepots, coffeepots, crackpots, dashpots, depots, despots, entrepots, eyespots, firepots, fleshpots, flowerpots, fusspots, galipots, gallipots, gluepots, highspots, hotchpots, hotspots, inkpots, jackpots, nightspots, repots, respots, sexpots, smokepots, spots, stinkpots, stockpots, subdepots, sunspots, talipots, teapots, tosspots. (additional references) | |
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"POTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Opta, optis, optus, photes, phots, photys, phts, piost, pitsi, pitsm, Poas, pocs, Pofs, pogs, pois, poks, poms, ponts, poobs, poohs, poos, poot, poots, pooty, posto, pota, potes, potest, poti, potis, potist, poto, potsa, potsy, potta, Pottu, potus, potz, Pous, pows, Powtes, poys, ppots, prots, protz, pto, ptss, ptys, pust, putsh, putsz, putus, putz, Putzi, putzs, Pyot, Pyotts, zots. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "POTS" (pronounced pÄ"ts) |
| 4 | p Ä" t s | spots. |
| 3 | -Ä" t s | allots, blots, Botts, clots, cots, dots, hots, knots, lats, lots, lottes, mots, motts, plots, Plotz, rots, scots, shots, Shotts, slots, squats, tots, trots, Watts, yachts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: opts, post, spot, stop, tops. | |
| Words within the letters "o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ops, opt, pot, sop, sot, top. | |
-2 letters: op, os, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: estop, pesto, phots, plots, poets, ports, posit, posts, potsy, pouts, prost, sport, spots, spout, stomp, stoop, stope, stops, stopt, stoup, stowp, strop, topes, tophs, topis, topos, typos. | |
+2 letters: adopts, coapts, compts, coopts, depots, despot, estops, impost, netops, optics, pantos, pastor, pathos, patios, patois, pestos, photos, picots, pilots, pinots, pintos, pistol, piston, pitons, pivots, points, pontes, posits, posset, postal, posted, poster, postin, potash, potsie, pottos, poults, presto, prosit, ptoses, ptosis, puntos, putons, repots, respot, ripost, sapota, sapote, sexpot, sopite, spigot, spinto, spoilt, sports, sporty, spotty, spouts, sprout, stomps, stoops, stoped, stoper, stopes, stoups, stowps, strops, stupor, tempos, tepoys, thorps, topees, topers, tophes, tophus, topics, tossup, tripos, tromps, troops, tropes, unstop, upmost, upshot, uptoss. | |
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