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Originally Posted by Bags
I always thought it was pronounced
DEE owed
Is that wrong?
Wutdefock is a diode anyways....?
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yeah it's wrong
diode, as in LED, as in light emitting diode? yeah?
The most common function of a diode is to allow an electric current to pass in one direction (called the diode's forward direction), while blocking current in the opposite direction (the reverse direction). Thus, the diode can be viewed as an electronic version of a check valve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode