First Play will be Thursday, August 3, at 10:00 a.m., featuring a three-mile long human chain of area youngsters stretching from the Frank T. Bow Building in downtown Canton (201 2nd Street S.W.) where the NFL was founded in 1920, to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
diode (dÄ«'Åd') An electrical device with two active terminals, an anode and a cathode, through which current passes more easily in one direction (from anode to cathode) than in the reverse direction. Diodes have many uses, including conversion of AC power to DC power, and the decoding of audio-frequency signals from radio signals.
Diodes are small cylindrical shaped components which are consisted of two leads, the Anode and the Cathode. The Cathode is the striped side of the diode. Usually a diode is black in color with a gray stripe, marking the Cathode side of the diode. Current will flow through a diode in one direction only. When the Anode side of the diode is facing towards the positive source of voltage, it will allow the circuit to be completed, and is considered Forward Biased.