Performance of microkernel vs monolithic kernel. As is always the answer (or at least the preface) to performance-related questions: know your problem domain, run comparative benchmarks, and remember what premature optimization is.
A summary of the difference between contactors, motor starters, relays and circuit breakers. Switches, circuit breakers, and contactors are used to control what parts of an electrical system are energized or de-energized. Fuses are used to protect the electrical system when something goes wrong, and can isolate the faulted parts from the normal parts.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: A fuse is inserted into a circuit to protect the device / circuit from receiving too much current when shorted. A circuit breaker is the same function. - If a surge of current is evident through a line, the circuit breaker breaks the line, opening the flow of current. A fuse breaks the circuit only once - then has to be replaced. A circuit breaker is a switch that closes and opens the line.