On the summary portion of the resistors page on this site, one of the summary bullets stated this:
"Any device that performs some useful task with electric power is generally known as a load. Sometimes resistor symbols are used in schematic diagrams to designate a non-specific load, rather than an actual resistor."
Is this applicable to only components that produce heat/light etc... as power or can I say that a (for example )transistor is a "load"?
"Any device that performs some useful task with electric power is generally known as a load. Sometimes resistor symbols are used in schematic diagrams to designate a non-specific load, rather than an actual resistor."
Is this applicable to only components that produce heat/light etc... as power or can I say that a (for example )transistor is a "load"?