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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wall wart</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wall-time.html" title="wall time"/><link rel="next" href="wallhack.html" title="wallhack"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wall wart</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wall-time.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="wallhack.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wall-wart"/><dt xmlns="" id="wall-wart"><b>wall wart</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A small power-supply brick with integral male plug, designed to plug
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directly into a wall outlet; called a ‘wart’ because when
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installed on a power strip it tends to block up at least one more socket
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than it uses. These are frequently associated with modems and other small
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electronic devices which would become unacceptably bulky or hot if they had
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power supplies on board (there are other reasons as well having to do with
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