Anode and Cathode confusions???

Question

This is crazy, I am trying to learn whether Anode is the positive side of the battery or the negative Side. So far, I got 15 people telling me its positive and 15 telling me its negative. So, please could anyone here clear this up? Anode is positive or Negative, and what about Cathode?

Answer 1

In the United States, many battery manufacturers regard the positive electrode as the anode, particularly in their technical literature. Though technically incorrect, it does resolve the problem of which electrode is the anode in a secondary (or rechargeable) cell. Using the traditional definition, the anode switches ends between charge and discharge cycles.

Answer 2

Anode is the positive side - in electronics, it is always the pin on a diode with an electron deficiency.
In a vacuum tube, for instance, it is the cathode which is heated to release an excess of electrons, thus making it negative. Also, in a tube, it is the anode which is biased with a high positive voltage.
Yep, for sure, the anode is positive.

Answer 3

In chemistry and physics, an anode is an electrode, which is positively charged. At an anode oxidation occurs.

In electrical engineering, an anode is the negatively charged electrode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anode

The way I remember it in Electrical Engineering terms... Ca+hode... see the + symbol aNode , where the N is Negative. And in Chemistry it is the opposite, because chemists are always backward, right?