The diesel generator is the stand-by power supply, supplying power for the load if necessary.

同时，柴油发电机作为备用电源，在需要的时候向负荷供电。

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The beauty of the strip is it turns off stand-by power to all peripheral items, like speakers, game machines, and DVD players.

该地带的优点在于它关闭备用电源的所有周边设备如扬声器，游戏机和DVD播放器。

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The end result are products that offer higher levels of function integration, lower system stand-by power, and lower output saturation voltages.

其最终的成果就是这样的产品，可以提供高级功能集成、减少系统备用电源、并降低输出饱和电压。

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Other possible plans include rewarding firms for maintaining stand-by capacity to supply power to the grid in an emergency, and preventing the construction of new coal stations that do not have some way of capturing and storing their planet-heating emissions.

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But elsewhere in the world, Elop said his cheapest device would appeal as either a failsafe that users can turn to when their smarter handsets are struck dumb by power outage or as a novelty stand-in for costlier, bigger devices.

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In stand-by mode modern PC's don't consume much power anyway.

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