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breadboard model
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The preliminary model of an electronic device, often built on a breadboard (See breadboard, 1). 2. Loosely, any prototype.
dry run
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The preliminary operation of equipment for testing and appraisal. Such a procedure precedes putting the equipment into regular service. 2. A step-by-step, paper-and-pencil ...
contamination
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The presence of an impurity in a substance. 2. The addition of a radioactive material to a substance. 3. In a coaxial cable, the tendency for the jacket material to bleed ...
data recording
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The preservation of data signals by some process, such as magnetic-disk encoding, optical-disk encoding, or tape recording, for future use or as a backup. 2. A record of data ...
amplification
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The process of increasing the magnitude of a signal. This entails an input signal controlling a local power supply to produce a larger output signal. Depending on the kind of ...
conditioning
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The process of making equipment compatible for use with other equipment. Generally involves some design or installation changes. 2. Interfacing.
cutoff
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. The process of reducing some operating parameter, such as collector current, to zero by adjusting the bias at the input electrode. 2. The point on the characteristic curve of ...
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