decade box
A piece of test equipment used during prototyping of circuits to vary the resistance, capacitance, or inductance by means of a knob or switch.
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demultiplex
To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer)
depopulate
To remove the components from a circuit board.
deskside server
A type of computer server intended to be placed alongside a desk, contrasted with the shelf model.
dGPU
Initialism of discrete graphics processing unit, a graphics processing unit which has access to dedicated graphics memory.
digital decay
The gradual process by which information online or in digital storage disappears or becomes inaccessible.
digital electronics
A field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.
digital predistortion
A technique used to increase linearity or compensate for nonlinearity in power amplifiers.
digital still camera
A digital camera. Abbreviated DSC.
DIMM
Initialism of dual in-line memory module.
DIN connector
A cylindrical connector consisting of circular pins protected by a circular wall.
director
A component of a Yagi, Uda antenna.
disable
To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
disk drive
A computer drive that reads disks.
dither
To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
DLL
Initialism of delay-locked loop.
dock connector
A connector used to attach a mobile electronic device simultaneously to multiple external resources.
docking station
A piece of hardware that expands the connectivity of a laptop or mobile device by linking it to peripherals such as monitors, keyboards, mice, and external drives through a single connection.
dongle
A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.
doped
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Describing a semiconductor that has had small amounts of elements added to create charge carriers.
dot matrix printer
A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.
downconversion
The conversion of a high radio frequency to a lower frequency.
DPCCH
Abbreviation of dedicated physical control channel.
DPCH
Acronym of dedicated physical channel.
DPRAM
Initialism of dual-ported RAM.
DPRFP
Initialism of Direct Polar Radio Frequency Power.
drain
One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
DRC
Initialism of design rule check(ing).
DSP
Initialism of digital signal processing.
DUT
Initialism of device under test.
duty cycle
The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
DVD drive
An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a DVD.
dynamic headroom
The ability of an amplifier to handle strong signals (or loud sounds) free from distortion.
EC
Initialism of edge combiner.
ECL
Initialism of emitter-coupled logic.
ECM
Initialism of electronic control module.
EDD
Acronym of electronic device description.
eFuse
An on-chip microscopic fuse used to configure a circuit.
EIDE
Initialism of Extended Integrated Drive Electronics.
electromechanical computer
An early type of computer that used electromagnetic relays.
ELF
Initialism of extremely low frequency.
EMI
Initialism of external memory interface.
emitter
One terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
enable
To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
engineering sample
A non-final version of an integrated circuit meant for product development, validation, or demonstration purposes.
enter key
A type of return key generally present on extended keyboards with a numeric keypad.
envelope detector
An electronic circuit that takes a relatively high-frequency amplitude modulated signal as input and provides as output the demodulated envelope of the original signal.
EPIC
Acronym of epitaxial integrated circuit.
ERA
Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.
ESS
Initialism of electronic switching system.
Ethernet card
A hardware component that connects a computer or other device to an Ethernet network.
EVM
Initialism of error vector magnitude.
eye pattern
An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.
factory reset
A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user data and personalized configurations.
factory setting
The default configuration of a device when it is first manufactured and sold.
false
To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
fanout
The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.
FastWide SCSI
A type of SCSI capable of transferring data up to 20 megabytes/s on a 16-bit bus.
FED
Initialism of field emission display.
feedback
The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.