3D IC
Initialism of three-dimensional integrated circuit.
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A battery
A battery used to heat the filament or cathode heaters of electron tubes.
AAL2
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer Type 2, ATM Adaption Layer Type 2.
AAL5
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer Type 5, ATM Adaption Layer Type 5.
abfarad
A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (10⁹) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units
ACCH
Initialism of associated control channel.
ACLR
Initialism of adjacent channel leakage power ratio.
ACPR
Initialism of adjacent channel power ratio.
ACRR
adjacent-channel rejection ratio; the resulting measurement of comparing signal strength with a similar signal on another frequency if they are on adjacent channels.
address bus
A bus that is used to specify a physical address.
AMOLED
Abbreviation of active matrix OLED, a display technology for use in mobile devices and televisions.
amplifier
An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone System, American Mobile Phone System, Analog Mobile Phone System.
anchor pylon
A pylon that forms the endpoint of a high-power transmission line and uses horizontal insulators, necessary when interfacing with other modes of power transmission and, due to the inflexibility of the conductors, when significantly altering the direction of the pylon chain.
AND gate
A logic gate performing a Boolean logic AND operation.
androgynous
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
anticathode
The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.
arch
An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
arithmetic logic unit
The section of a CPU that performs calculations and logical operations.
ASIC
Acronym of application-specific integrated circuit.
assert
To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
astable
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Having multiple states, none of which is stable.
autocorrelator
A device that modifies a signal with a delayed copy of itself in order to detect any periodic signal hidden in the noise
autofocus
A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically
autogain
automatic amplification of a signal
average access time
The average amount of time required for a storage device to transfer data to the CPU.
average seek time
Of a hard drive, the average of all possible seek times equivalent to the time of all possible seeks divided by the number of all possible seeks.
B battery
A battery used to provide the plate voltage for a vacuum tube.
ball grid array
A type of surface mount used to connect integrated circuits to printed circuit boards.
band-pass
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Letting through only a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.
band-stop
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Filtering out a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.
bare board
A printed circuit board before it has any electronic components or holes added.
baseband
A device using baseband transmission.
battery cell
A unit that chemically stores energy, consisting of an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte.
battery pack
A set of batteries or battery cells connected together to deliver a certain voltage, capacity, or power density, often with an integrated battery management system.
battery-backed
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).
BCD
Initialism of binary-coded decimal.
bed of nails
A device for testing a chip, consisting of an array of spring-loaded pins.
beltpack
A radio transceiver worn on a belt and used in conjunction with headphones and microphone.
BFC
big fucking capacitor - a high-voltage film capacitor suitable for use in power transmission, electric motor starters and applications involving electrical arcs
bioelectronic
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Of or pertaining to bioelectronics.
bioelectronics
The proposed construction of electronic-like circuits from proteins or other biological macromolecules
birdie
An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
blowable
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
That can cease to function when overloaded.
Blu-ray Disc
An optical disc storage medium used for data and video, introduced in 2006, having the same physical dimensions as a CD or DVD but greater storage capacity.
Blu-ray drive
An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a Blu-ray disc.
brick-wall limiter
A limiter circuit that completely cuts off signals above a specified threshold, rather than merely attenuating the peaks.
bring up
To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
bringup
The process of checking newly-assembled printed circuit boards for defects and ensuring they run as expected.
BSC
Initialism of Basic Spacing between Centers: Used in integrated circuits to specify package mechanical dimensions. This is a theoretical true position dimension and has no tolerance.
bucket brigade
A discrete-time analogue delay line that moves a signal along a line of capacitors, one step at each clock cycle.
bulger
A capacitor with a bulging top.
burst mode
A mode in which data is transmitted repeatedly without separate transactions.
bus bridge
A device for connecting two disparate hardware buses.
bus-holder
A weak latch circuit that holds the last value on a tristate bus.
calligraphic projection
A system for displaying or projecting an image composed of a beam of light or electrons directly tracing the image, as opposed to sweeping in raster order over the entire display surface.
capacitively
adverbIndustrial electronics
In relation to or in terms of capacitance
capstan
A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.
capture card
A circuit board allowing a computer to record video from an external source.
card clash
The situation where two or more contactless payment cards are simultaneously detected by a card reader, possibly resulting in the incorrect card, or more than one card, being charged.