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Pow Wow: A meeting on the playing field, usually involving several players and a coach who has come on to the field to talk strategy.

Power Player: A cranker; hard hitting, big hook, faster than average speed player.

Power Play Goal: A goal scored by a team on the power play. Compare short-handed goal.

Power Play: An attack by a team at full strength against a team playing one man (or two men) shorthanded because of a penalty (or penalties) which resulted in a player on the opposing team receiving pen . . . View Full Definition

Power Spectrum: intensity [= squared amplitude] of the Fourier transform, presented either in the form of an image (= the outcome of the PW operation) or as a profile (= the outcome of averaging the 2D powe . . . View Full Definition

Power Stop - Drive: Power drive is a continuous shooting move in which a player stops dribbling and makes a huge leap forward, while securing the ball in both hands from the dribbling hand, then making a layup. . . . View Full Definition

Power up: An object collected in a game that provides an immediate benefit to the player, such as enhancing certain abilities, or providing brief periods of invincibility.

Power Training: Weight training system that uses low repetitions and heavy weights.

Power Supply: A component of a computer that transforms the electricity from the wall outlet from AC to DC so that it can be utilized safely by the computer. Appropriates the power to different voltage li . . . View Full Definition

Power On Self Test (POST): A series of diagnostic tests that run automatically when you turn your computer on. The actual tests can differ depending on how the BIOS is configured, but usually the POST tests the RAM, t . . . View Full Definition