This document discusses public addressing systems. It defines a public addressing system as a set of equipment used to amplify sound so it is audible to a large audience over a distance. The key components are a microphone to convert sound to an electrical signal, an amplifier to increase the power of the signal, and loudspeakers to convert the amplified electrical signal back into sound. It describes different types of amplifiers and public addressing systems, and explains the basic working process of how sound is converted, amplified, and broadcast to an audience.