[General] Does "to" have special meaning?

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izumicloud

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Why "to" is used?

[FONT=&quot]In the second text of[/FONT]
"[FONT=&quot]1. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Connect the System Controller board to an ASCII terminal.[/FONT] [FONT=&quot] 2. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Switch on the power to the ASCII terminal.",[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]does "to" have any special meaning?[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Is this simply considered as "Switch on the power of (or "on") the ASCII terminal.?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Or the switch can be a toggle switch, then it mean that
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[FONT=&quot]"Switch on the power to the ASCII terminal side" ?
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[FONT=&quot]Thank you for you comment.
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"Switch on the power to" means the power connection that supplies power to the device. This is very common in technical documentation.

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Thank you allenman for your clear comment.
 

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It doesn't appear to me that it has any special meaning- electricity moves, so we can use to or from depending on the direction of the flow.
 

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Thanks, Tdol, Administrator.
This is another meaningful comment for me.
I think I could understand the texts I had picked up.
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