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				Aug 15th, 2003, 08:04 PM
			
			
			
		
			
			       
				
			
			  
		
 
	
	
		
		
		It's when the power company isn't supplying enough energy (for whatever reason) and the voltage drops in an area; when it drops to nothing, it's a brownout. (As opposed to a blackout, where power is suddenly cut off instead of gradually decreasing.) 
		
	
		
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