What is Phantom Power?

I'm about to buy an interface for my powerbook and I was just curious, what is Phantom Power and how will it affect my recording? thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power
powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   logic pro 7.1.1,FW410 m-audio

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