Bushing may refer to: *

Bushing (bearing) Plain bearing on a 1906 S-Motor locomotive showing the axle, bearing, oil supply and oiling pad A sliding table with four cylindrical bearings A wheelset from a Great Western Railway (GWR) wagon showing a plain, or journal, bearing end A pl ...

, a type of plain bearing *

Bushing (electrical) In electric power, a bushing is a hollow electrical insulator (electricity), insulator that allows an electrical conductor to pass safely through a conducting barrier such as the case of a transformer or circuit breaker without making electric ...

, an insulated device that allows a conductor to pass through a grounded conducting barrier * Bushing (isolator), a mechanical device used to reduce vibrational energy transfer between two parts *

Drill bushing A drill bushing, also known as a jig bushing, is a tool used in metalworking Jig (tool), jigs to guide cutting tools, most commonly drill bits. Other tools that are commonly used in a drill bushing include counterbores, countersinks, and reamers. T ...

, a tool used to guide the placement of a hole when drilling in a workpiece *

Threaded bushing A threaded insert, also known as a threaded bushing, is a fastener element that is inserted into an object to add a threaded hole. They may be used to repair a stripped threaded hole, provide a durable threaded hole in a soft material, place a ...

, a metal sleeve with screw threads *Ben "bushing" Byer (1980-2016), former member of

hacker group Hacker groups are informal communities that began to flourish in the early 1980s, with the advent of the home computer. Overview Prior to that time, the term ''hacker'' was simply a referral to any Hacker (hobbyist), computer hobbyist. The hacker ...

fail0verflow (formerly Team Twiizers) and the iPhone Dev Team

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