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Subject:Re: Question about LEDs From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:29:27 -0400
The last time I played with an LED, when I applied the appropriate current,
it glowed.
Which is a nice specific term. I've seen LEDs illuminated without direct
application of current. They were in a store, illuminated by track lighting.
I don't think that's what you meant.
"Glow" is active, "is illuminated" is passive. Besides, "glow" is shorter.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Porrello, Leonard [mailto:leonard -dot- porrello -at- COMPAQ -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 12:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: Question about LEDs
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> I like the rhyme. But the LED doesn't actually turn red; it is red all
> along. You may want to switch to a passive construction.
> Something like:
> "When the LED is illuminated. . . ."
