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What are hertz and volts measures of?

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Hertz is the term applied to the units sometimes called cycles per second. A thousand cycles per second is a thousand Hertz. A cycle is a reference to a complete "excursion" or "group of changes" that a varying signal or voltage will go through before it returns to "where it started" to begin going through the changes again. That complete range of changes is said to be a cycle.

Voltage is a measure of electromotive force (EMF), which is the "electrical pressure" that can cause current flow if there is a current path.

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