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329 points zdkaster | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 04:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.015s | source
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prmoustache ◴[28 Aug 25 06:29 UTC] No.45049089[source]▶
Is "brownout" a common or standard term in the industry? First time I see it.
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znpy ◴[28 Aug 25 06:42 UTC] No.45049158[source]▶
Yes. Going from green to red is called “browning out”.
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1. jacquesm ◴[28 Aug 25 06:56 UTC] No.45049247[source]▶
That is not where the term comes from. Lights out -> Blackout (WWII, to stop overflying aircraft from having easy targets and to disrupt navigation). Reduced voltage on the grid -> lights go from white to orange and eventually to brown, not quite a blackout -> brown out.
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2. mattkrause ◴[28 Aug 25 16:34 UTC] No.45054169[source]▶
The word seems to slightly predate WWII.

The OED reports that the disrupted-electrical supply sense of blackout was first used in 1934; the air-defence one (no light) in 1935. However, the OG use seems to be in the theatre, where the lights are shut off during set changes (1913, probably earlier).

Brownout does seem to be a WWII-era term, but more related to conservation/shortages than air defence.