What do you call this type of rheostat

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What type of rheostat is this and how to use it? How to connect it in a circuit on a breadboard? Must it be connected to another resistor or is it a resistor itself but with the capability of changing its own resistance by turning the screw clockwise/anti-clockwise? I am trying to construct a circuit on NI ELVIS.
 

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No way to know without a part number and datasheet.

Where did you get it?
 
it is a 10k ohm variable resistor
 

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