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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 9:30 AM Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 07:08:51AM -0700, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > There are a couple reasons not to change the term from "Power" to
> "Supply".
> > First,  we have symbol libraries with the "Power" term.  Changing the
> > software to "Supply" would need to include changing the library.  Second,
> > the term "Supply" in electrical engineering is reserved.  It refers to a
> > direction of current.  It is the pair of "Drain".
>
> clear & right
>

My apologies.  I wrote this before finishing my coffee.  The pairs (in
english) are "Source" and "Drain" not "Supply" and "Drain".  But the first
reason is valid.

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