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power supply

electronic device that converts or regulates electric energy and supplies it to a load
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Summary

power supply is a source type[1]. It draws 3,223 Wikipedia views per month (source type category, ranking #5 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: electrical appliance[3], electrical energy source[4], adapter[5], regulator[6], electric power source[7]
  • Has use: energy transformation[8]
  • Commons category: Power supplies[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Power supplies[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Electricity delivery[12]
  • Has effect: change[13]
  • Different from: power supply unit[14]
  • Connects with: electrical receptacle[15], electrical load[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

power supply has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gemet id → 2608
    Sitelink count → 50
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gemet id: 2608, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/152600235|electric power supply (#152600235)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5959|GEMET ID]] #"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004067-napajeci-zdroje
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004067-napajeci-zdroje, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → energy transformation
    Topic's main category → Category:Power supplies
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 19243, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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