busbar

/ ˈbʌzˌbɑː /

noun

1. an electrical conductor, maintained at a specific voltage and capable of carrying a high current, usually used to make a common connection between several circuits in a system
2. a group of such electrical conductors at a low voltage, used for carrying data in binary form between the various parts of a computer or its peripherals

Example Sentences

Everything's burned out or shorted or fused together; I saw one busbar eight inches across melted clean in two.

From Project Gutenberg