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Consumer electronics

A broad field of electronics that are purchased for casual use or entertainment rather than for professional use; such as TVs, VCRS, DVD players,mp3 players, hi fi stereos, games consoles as well as Internet appliances.

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converter

Consumer electronics; Television

A frequency changing device of which the most commonly known version is the customer set-top box.

combiner

Consumer electronics; Television

A isolating passive device used to combine differing channel outputs into a single output.

notch filter

Consumer electronics; Television

A filter designed to pass all frequencies except for that at which it is tuned to attenuate.

noise

Consumer electronics; Television

Random electron movement in an electronic circuit that influences the desired signal passing in that circuit.

noise figure

Consumer electronics; Television

The expected amount of noise in decibels added by a given electronic signal processing circuit.

monitor

Consumer electronics; Television

A term usually applied to a television, a speaker, or other studio equipment used in observing the quality of signal and can also apply to the act of observance itself.

modulation

Consumer electronics; Television

The electronic process used to impress intelligence onto a carrier wave for transportation to a distant recovery location.