different between precharge vs precharged

English

Alternative forms

• pre-charge

Etymology

pre- +? charge

Adjective

precharge (not comparable)

1. before a charge

Noun

precharge (plural precharges)

1. (semiconductors) The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
2. (law) The period of time before the person is charged with a crime.

Verb

precharge (third-person singular simple present precharges, present participle precharging, simple past and past participle precharged)

1. (semiconductors) To charge the storage capacitors as a part of the DRAM precharge phase.
   • 2011, Ming-Bo Lin, Introduction to VLSI Systems: A Logic, Circuit, and System

     The third way to reduce the charge-sharing effect associated with dynamic logic circuits is to precharge their internal nodes.

See also

• pre-charge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• pre-charged

Adjective

precharged (comparative more precharged, superlative most precharged)

1. charged in advance

Verb

precharged

1. simple past tense and past participle of precharge