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Electronic engineering
Electronic engineering is an engineering discipline focused on the design, fabrication, testing and operation of circuits, electronic components, devices, and systems.
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Electronic engineering
breadboard
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A perforated board, a chassis, or any basic framework on which electronic components can be mounted and quickly wired for the preliminary test of a circuit. It is so called because the first such ...
continuous wave (CW)
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A periodic wave, such as a radio-frequency (RF) carrier, that is not interrupted at any point between its normal start and termination, and that is unmodulated. 2. An RF carrier that is ...
acoustician
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A person skilled in acoustics (an acoustics technician). 2. An audiologist.
color dot
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A phosphor spot on the screen of a color television picture tube. 2. One of the spots stamped on a capacitor, indicating the capacitance, voltage, and tolerance (See color code, 1). 3. A spot ...
blank
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A piezoelectric plate cut from a quartz crystal, but not yet finished to operate at a desired frequency. 2. To obscure or interrupt a signal or electron beam (usually momentarily), as in z-axis ...
beeper
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A pocket- or hand-carried transceiver— especially one for maintaining two-way contact with personnel who are away from their base. 2. An acoustic transducer that produces a beep in response to an ...
carrier leak
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. A point at which carrier-wave energy escapes a circuit or enclosure. 2. The residual carrier voltage present in the output of a carrier-suppressing circuit.
