jumper

n.

1. One that jumps.
2. A type of coasting sled.
3. Electricity. A short length of wire used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass a break in a circuit.
4. Basketball. See jump shot.
5. A saddle horse that has been trained to jump over obstacles.

jump·er² (jŭm'pər)
n.

1. A sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater.
2. A loose, protective garment worn over other clothes.
3. A child's garment consisting of straight-legged pants attached to a biblike bodice. Often used in the plural.
4. Chiefly British. A pullover sweater.

[Probably from jump, short coat, perhaps from obsolete jup, bodice, from obsolete French juppe, from Old French jupe, jube, from Italian giuppa, giubba, from Arabic jubba, long garment with wide open sleeves, from jabba, to cut.]

A small, plastic-covered metal block that is pushed onto two pins to close a circuit. An alternative to the DIP switch, the jumper is a less costly on/off switch found on motherboards and peripheral devices for one-time configuration. Although jumpers exist on modern computers, especially on hard disk drives, they were more prevalent in the early days of personal computers. Configuration of the hardware via software eliminated the use of many jumpers. See DIP switch and jumperless.

Jumper

Jumpers are used to select options on printed circuit boards. The more sophisticated the board, the fewer the jumpers. Having no jumpers is best if changes have to be made by the user, otherwise the board has to be pulled out of the case.

Hard Drive Selection

Jumpers are used on IDE/ATA hard drives to select their operation mode, and schematics like this one are commonly found on the drive to show how to place the jumper on the pins. In "Single" mode, the jumper is not used.

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n. 1. a loose outer jacket worn by sailors.

2. a rope made fast to keep a yard or mast from jumping.

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1. A short length of electric cable fitted with connectors at both ends, connected across a device in an electric circuit so that the current bypasses the device.
2. A steel bar which is moved up and down manually in a borehole in the ground; used as a drilling or boring tool.
3. In a stone wall, a stone that is two or more courses, 1 high.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - springer, krydsforbindelse, jumper; på computere

idioms:

• jumper cables    startkabler

2.
n. - spencerkjole, anorak, lang bluse, jumper, sweater

Nederlands (Dutch)
overgooier, iemand die springt, trui, matrozenkiel, provisorische verbindingskabel, boorhamer

Français (French)
1.
n. - sauteur, (Élec) fil de fermeture de circuit, (Élec) jarretière, (Comput) cavalier

idioms:

• jumper cables    (US, Aut) câbles de démarrage (pour batterie)

2.
n. - (GB) pull(over), (US) robe chasuble

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Springer, Trägerkleid, Pullover

idioms:

• jumper cables    Starthilfekabel

2.
n. - Kurzschlußbrücke, (mar.) Preventer, Steinbohrer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπλούζα, άλτης, (Η/Υ) συνδετής, τζαμπεράκι, (αθλοπ.) ψηλοκρεμαστή καλαθιά

idioms:

• jumper cables    καλώδιο σύνδεσης μπαταριών

Italiano (Italian)
abito scamiciato, golf

idioms:

• jumper cables    cavi di batteria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saltador (m), suéter (m), britadeira (f) (Mec.)

idioms:

• jumper cables    ponte (f) (Eletr.)

Русский (Russian)
скакун, прыгающее насекомое, ручной бур, соединительный провод, парашютист, лошадь, берущая препятствия, джемпер, рабочая блуза

idioms:

• jumper cables    соединительный кабель

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vestido de tirantes, mono, pelele

idioms:

• jumper cables    cables de conexión, cables de arranque

2.
n. - usurpador de una mina descubierta por otro, saltador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hoppare, jumper, stenborr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 跳跃者

idioms:

• jumper cables    连接两车电池的充电电线

2. 工作服

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 跳躍者

idioms:

• jumper cables    連接兩車電池的充電電線

2.
n. - 工作服

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 뛰는 사람, 경주마, 전선

2.
n. - 점퍼 스커트

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 跳ぶ人, 跳躍選手, 障害レース用の馬, 跳びはねる虫, ジャンパー, ジャンパースカート, セーター, ロンパース, 作業服, 跳躍者

idioms:

• jumper cables    ブースターコード

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قافز, بلوزة من التريكو, مثقاب ثقيل الحجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קפצן, קופץ, כבל קצר לסגירת מעגל חשמלי, דג קופץ, מוט לקדיחת חורים, סוס מאולף לדילוגים, חבל המונע מקצה כלונס להתרומם‬
n. - ‮אפודה, סוודר, סרפן, מיקטורן רופף של מלחים ופועלים‬

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