FLYBACK

Etymology

Noun

flyback (countable and uncountable, plural flybacks)

The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.

A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.

Source: Wiktionary



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