Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word wall-wart.

Examples

  • Now any size wall-wart will fit and be easily changed out.

    Make An Outlet-Mounted Charge Station From A Shampoo Bottle | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Until the wonderful day arrives when all electrical adapters come with dainty little plugs and the wall-wart is a thing of the past, every power-strip in the universe should be replaced with one of these.

    Boing Boing: September 11, 2005 - September 17, 2005 Archives 2005

  • The small switches, routers, and wireless accesspoints are typically powered from low voltage, external power supplies of the wall-wart kind.

    Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives 2005

  • The cigarette-lighter-cum-power-socket puts out DC current, which is then passed into a DC-to-AC inverter, which in all of the given examples (recharging cell phones, running a scanner and a printer, heating a baby bottle) then passes the energy into a wall-wart adapter ... that is, an AC-to-DC inverter.

    Boing Boing: March 14, 2004 - March 20, 2004 Archives 2004

  • The FreedomBox Foundation is a newly formed charity that has set out to make wall-wart sized, self-contained Linux routers that will provide important anonymizing and networking services, even when the government or some other entity terminates or surveils your network access.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • FreedomBox: wall-wart firmware to provide privacy and route around censorship Cory Doctorow at 3:23 AM Thursday, Feb 17, 2011

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • As you can see from the photo, the PetPorte also requires permanent mains power via its wall-wart adaptor.

    Automated Home 2010

  • While you'll be running power to the display anyhow so an extra cable for the mount isn't that big of a deal, we didn't like to see the wall-wart style plug on the end.

    Audioholics Reviews and News from Audioholics 2010

  • It's a versatile little devil, accepting both D-SUB and composite video inputs while squeezing in a 3. 5mm audio input for the integrated speakers, a mini-USB connection and a socket for the 5V wall-wart power supply.

    PC PRO 2010

  • However, it is recessed a bit, and my wall-wart power plugs would not go into it and get power.

    Brad Ideas - Comments Fred 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.