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You can plug an AC computer into a DC plug only if you also have an inverter to transform the DC power into the AC power that the computer power supply expects.

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Does a computer use AC or dc power?

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What doaes ac DC stand for?

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Does ac-dc mean it can run on battery or plug into wall?

AC - Alternating Current, same thing that comes out of a wall socket DC - Direct Current, batteries. <<>> When a device has AC/DC on its name plate, it can work off either of the two voltages. Many portable radios have this function. When the radio is plugged into AC, the voltage is transformed to the working DC voltage and then rectified to a DC voltage. When the radio is on battery operation, the radio operated strictly from the DC voltage supplied by the batteries. The change between voltages from AC to DC or DC to AC is almost instantaneously. This change over is done through an AC powered relay in the radio. When the AC held in relay looses its supply it de energizes and switches over to DC power if the batteries are in the radio. With batteries in the radio try it. Plug into the AC supply, turn on the radio that has batteries installed in it, unplug the AC supply and the radio will not miss a beat.


Does ac dc mean it can run on battery or plug into wall?

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If you have a video camera and you have a wire that says DC IN what do you plug that in to on your computer or do you leave it out?

dc in sounds like a power supply port. the power supply will convert ac 110 volt wall current to dc current to power your device or possibly to recharge the battery if equipped as such. read your owners manual.