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A '''jumper''' is a small device used to connect two places together; it may be a wire with connectors on each end, or a conductive element inside a block of [[insulator]].
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A '''jumper''' is a small device used to connect two places together; it may be a wire with connectors on each end, or a conductive element inside a block of [[insulator]]. The term is also used for a piece of wire used for the same purpose, e.g. between a pair of [[wire-wrap]] posts.
  
 
Multi-conductor jumpers exist; they connect one group of points individually to another group of points.
 
Multi-conductor jumpers exist; they connect one group of points individually to another group of points.

Latest revision as of 11:59, 7 May 2020

A jumper is a small device used to connect two places together; it may be a wire with connectors on each end, or a conductive element inside a block of insulator. The term is also used for a piece of wire used for the same purpose, e.g. between a pair of wire-wrap posts.

Multi-conductor jumpers exist; they connect one group of points individually to another group of points.