13:0713:07, 19 May 2024diffhist−35
Rectifier
Removed "Graetz" from captions since that name is not explained in the text, nor is that name commonly used in English to refer to bridge rectifiers.current
20:1820:18, 8 May 2024diffhist+2
X-ray
Fixed ungrammatical intro sentence. To be grammatical in English, it must either be in the plural, or have an article (“an” or “the”).Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web editAdvanced mobile edit
22:1922:19, 4 May 2024diffhist−36
Electronic monitoring in the United States
→History time-line: “Electronic monitoring” and “GPS tracking” are NOT synonyms. In no way did 1983 electronic monitoring use GPS; the GPS satellite network did not become operational until the 1990s, and it would be many more years before the hardware shrunk to the size needed, and even more before it became battery-efficient enough for constant monitoring.current
21:2021:20, 30 April 2024diffhist−34
Desoldering
→Desoldering pump: I don’t think pooters are a good thing to compare with, since they don’t operate the same way; solder pumps don’t get their suction from the operator’s mouth.
10:4210:42, 26 April 2024diffhist−12
PowerPC
→Generations: Motorola didn’t have a monopoly on the G5 name (the 970 was also a product succeeding the fourth generation). “Usurp” made it sound as though Apple was somehow unjustified in using the title.
14:0514:05, 20 April 2024diffhist−337
StyleWriter
→StyleWriter: Removed absolutely incorrect statement about font support. As an inkjet printer, the StyleWriter could print using any fonts the user had installed, which out of the box was way more than the 4 listed.