Jumper: A plastic covered metal clip that sets over two pins on a circuit board. Jumpers connect pins, completing an electric circuit that changes configurations on devices, or can be used to kick start a switch.

 

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Jumper: To provide a temporary circuit around a component or other circuit A device that anables this action

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