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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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random noise

Consumer electronics; Television

Molecular activity in a material that generates non-coherent electrical disturbances.

radiator

Consumer electronics; Television

The element of an antenna fed by signal line so it may propagate an electromagnetic signal.

public access channel

Consumer electronics; Television

Government mandated television channel space granted by a cable television company for public use by citizen programmers.

propagation

Consumer electronics; Television

The act of an electromagnetic wave traveling through space or a medium.

pressure tap

Consumer electronics; Television

From historic CATV, it was a obsolete device used to tap the distribution cables without completely cutting the line when installing a customer drop line at a new location.

preamplifier

Consumer electronics; Television

A low noise amplifier designed to precede another amplifier.

pixel

Consumer electronics; Television

A "picture element" which is the smallest point of a raster image.