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Power-to-weight ratio
Power-to-weight ratio, also called specific power, is a performance measure defined as power output divided by mass, typically in watts per kilogram, used to compare engines, vehicles, batteries, and athletes.
Power-to-X
Power-to-X (PtX, P2X) is a family of energy conversion technologies that use electricity, typically from renewable sources, to produce fuels and chemicals such as hydrogen, methane, and methanol.
Power, Corruption & Lies
Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) is New Order's second album, released on Factory Records (FACT 75), recorded at Britannia Row Studios, with a Peter Saville Fantin-Latour rose-painting cover and the standalone single Blue Monday.
Power: Origins
Power: Origins is an upcoming Starz crime drama, the fourth Power spinoff, a prequel following young Ghost (Spence Moore II), Tommy (Charlie Mann), and Kanan (MeKai Curtis) in 1990s New York; 18-episode season, 2027 premiere expected.
Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards
Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards is a 2026 Channel 5 two-part factual drama by Wonderhood Studios, starring Martin Clunes as the disgraced BBC newsreader, dramatizing his grooming of a 17-year-old and 2024 conviction for indecent images.
Power/Rangers
Power/Rangers is a 14-minute unauthorized 2015 fan film, also called the Power Rangers bootleg, directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Adi Shankar, starring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff as traumatized adult Rangers; it was pulled by Saban Brands, then restored after an agreement.
POWER1
POWER1, internally known as RIOS-1 and RIOS.9, is IBM's multi-chip processor implementing the POWER architecture, powering the first RS/6000 workstations and servers announced in February 1990.
POWER8
POWER8 is a 64-bit RISC server processor from IBM, announced in 2014, with up to 12 cores and the CAPI interface for attaching hardware accelerators coherently.
POWER9
POWER9 is a RISC microprocessor designed by IBM for its Power Systems servers, unveiled in 2017 and notable for its NVLink, PCIe 4.0, and OpenCAPI I/O subsystem.
Powerade
Powerade is The Coca-Cola Company's isotonic sports drink, introduced in 1988 and launched in the US in 1992 to rival Gatorade; reformulated with 50% more electrolytes, sold in 80 countries, and official sports drink of FIFA World Cup 2026, Team USA, and MLS.
Powerage
Powerage is AC/DC's fifth studio album, released spring 1978, recorded at Albert Studios Sydney with producers Vanda and Young. It debuted bassist Cliff Williams, spawned the single Rock 'n' Roll Damnation, and peaked at UK number 26.
PowerAmerica
PowerAmerica is a Manufacturing USA institute at North Carolina State University, established by the Department of Energy in 2014, that advances wide bandgap power semiconductors.
Powerball
Powerball is the Multi-State Lottery Association's US lottery game (5/69 + 1/26 since 2015), first drawn April 22, 1992, with jackpot odds 1 in 292,201,338, a $20 million starting jackpot, and a record $2.04 billion prize won in California in 2022.
Powerbomb
Powerbomb: professional wrestling throw lifting an opponent onto the shoulders and slamming them back-first to the mat; credited to Lou Thesz (1950s), popularized by Nash, Vader, and Sid; variations include Liger Bomb, Jackknife, Batista Bomb.
PowerBook
The PowerBook, Apple's professional line of Macintosh laptops from October 1991 to January 2006, established the standard laptop layout with rear-set keyboards and palm rests.
PowerBook G3
The PowerBook G3, also known as the Macintosh PowerBook G3, is a family of Apple laptops with the PowerPC G3 processor, sold from 1997 to 2001.
PowerBook G4
The PowerBook G4, also known as the Apple PowerBook G4, is a line of professional Macintosh notebooks sold by Apple from 2001 to 2006 with titanium or aluminum cases.
PowerBuoy
PowerBuoy is a wave energy converter made by Ocean Power Technologies: a floating buoy whose motion drives a generator, first grid-connected in the US in 2010.
PowerChina New Energy Group (中电建新能源集团股份有限公司)
PowerChina New Energy Group, also known as POWERCHINA Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., is a Chinese company developing and operating wind and solar power projects across China for the PowerChina group.
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (PSMC, 力积电) is a Taiwanese pure-play semiconductor foundry founded in 1994 that operates six fabs in Taiwan, ranks seventh among global foundries, and transferred chip technology to India's first fab.
PowerCo
PowerCo SE is Volkswagen Group's wholly owned battery company, producing Unified battery cells for electric vehicles, with gigafactories in Salzgitter, Valencia, and St. Thomas, Canada.
PowerCON
PowerCON is a family of locking three-conductor AC mains connectors made by Neutrik, introduced in 1996 and now standard on professional moving-head light systems and other AV equipment.
PowerDNS
PowerDNS is a family of open-source DNS server software started around 1999 by Dutch system administrator Bert Hubert, comprising the Authoritative Server, the Recursor, and the dnsdist load balancer.
Powered by the Apocalypse
Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA): tabletop RPG design approach from Apocalypse World (2010) by Vincent and Meguey Baker; 2d6+stat rolls, three success bands, playbooks, fiction-first moves, GM never rolls; hundreds of games.
Powered hang glider
A powered hang glider is a hang glider fitted with an engine, either as a motorized harness or a wheeled trike, classified as a hang glider.
Powered paragliding
Powered paragliding, also called paramotoring, is ultralight aviation in which a pilot flies a paraglider wing with a backpack motor, taking off from level ground.
Powerfield
PowerField is a Dutch solar energy company founded by Jean-Louis Bertholet that develops solar parks, battery storage, and EV charging stations via its PowerGo subsidiary.
Powerfleet, Inc.
Powerfleet, Inc. is a global AIoT SaaS company headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, whose Unity cloud platform serves 50,000 customers managing trucks, trailers, forklifts, and cargo.
PowerFlex
PowerFlex is Allen-Bradley's family of variable frequency drives sold by Rockwell Automation to control the speed and torque of electric motors, spanning compact low-voltage drives and medium-voltage systems.
Powerglide
The Powerglide is a two-speed automatic transmission developed by General Motors and introduced by Chevrolet in 1950, the first automatic in the low-priced field of American cars.