This page gathers the 524 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Electronics”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 5: from “commutate” to “grid”.
- commutate verb To reverse the direction of (a current).
- commutation noun The reversal of an electric current.
- complement noun A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- condenser noun A capacitor.
- connect time noun The amount of time that a circuit is in use, usually in a circuit-switched environment.
- controller noun Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- coupling noun A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- crossatron noun A high-power pulsed modulator device, a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines useful features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power…
- crossbar switch noun A matrix of switches with multiple input and output lines that form a crossed pattern between which a connection may be established by…
- crosstalk noun Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
- CRT noun Initialism of cathode ray tube.
- crystal set noun An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide…
- cue noun A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
- current divider noun A simple electronic circuit which reduces an input current by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors) connected in…
- cut out noun Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
- cyber transport adj Synonym of networked (“computer networked”); pertaining to computer networks and computer networking
- cycle verb To turn power off and back on
- cycloconversion noun The modification of alternating current to a lower frequency without converting it to direct current.
- cycloconverter noun A device that modifies alternating current to a lower frequency without converting it to direct current
- d noun Abbreviation of data.
- D-sub noun an electrical connector with two or more rows of pins or sockets surrounded by a D-shaped metal shield
- daisy chain verb To connect (several computer devices or peripherals, or other components) in sequence with each other, usually such that the output of one…
- Darlington pair noun A pair of transistors with the emitter of one connected to the base of the other and the collectors connected together, acting as a…
- data rate noun The speed at which data is sent over a data link or channel; generally expressed in bytes per second.
- datapad noun A tablet computer, a personal mobile device.
- DDR noun Initialism of double data rate.
- dead-bug adj Relating to a form of electronic prototyping where integrated circuits are stuck upside down to the breadboard and soldered to directly.
- debounce verb To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short…
- debug verb To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).
- decade noun A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digits.
- decade box noun A piece of test equipment used during prototyping of circuits to vary the resistance, capacitance, or inductance by means of a knob or…
- decay verb To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- default noun the original software programming settings as set by the factory
- delay line noun An electrical or optical component designed to delay the transmission of a signal by a specific amount of time.
- demod verb To demodulate.
- demultiplexer noun A device or piece of software used to separate signals that were previously combined using a multiplexer.
- depopulate verb To remove the components from a circuit board.
- digit trunk noun Synonym of bus (“an electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
- digital decay noun The gradual process by which information online or in digital storage disappears or becomes inaccessible.
- digital electronics noun A field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.
- digital meter noun A type of measuring device which records the use of electricity and water, and which then electronically reports the usage to a utility…
- diode noun An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
- DIP switch noun A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- director noun A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
- disable verb To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- discrete component noun a component with just one circuit element, either passive (resistor, capacitor, inductor) or active (transistor or vacuum tube).
- dither verb To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
- dock noun A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or…
- dope verb To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- doped adj Describing a semiconductor that has had small amounts of elements added to create charge carriers.
- downconversion noun The conversion of a high radio frequency to a lower frequency.
- drain noun One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- DTE noun Distance to Empty
- duplexer noun A device that enables communication in two directions over a single path.
- duty cycle noun The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
- e- prefix Used to prefix items that are embedded into devices, instead of being discrete or removable elements.
- Early effect noun The variation in the effective width of the base in a bipolar junction transistor due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector…
- edge-triggered adj Describing a circuit or component which is either positive-edge-triggered or negative-edge-triggered.
- elaboration noun The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of…
- electrical bus noun Synonym of bus (“an electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
- emitter noun One terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- emitter-coupled logic noun A logic family that achieves high speed by using an overdriven BJT differential amplifier with single-ended input.
- eMMC noun An embedded (“integrated, non-removable”) MMC (“MultiMediaCard”). An electronic memory module designed to be integrated into devices…
- enable verb To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- envelope noun A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.
- envelope detector noun An electronic circuit that takes a relatively high-frequency amplitude modulated signal as input and provides as output the demodulated…
- equalizer noun An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- extension cord noun An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices…
- extension reel noun An extension lead that rolls up, usually into the socket end, which in some cases has more than one socket on it (often 2 or 4).
- eye pattern noun An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the…
- fall time noun The amount of time taken for the amplitude of a pulse to decrease from a specified value to another specified value.
- false verb To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
- feed through noun A hermetically sealed connection between two volumes.
- feedback noun The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
- female-to-male adj That changes a female end (usually a socket) of a connection into a male one (with pins, usually a plug).
- field noun Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- field emission display noun a flat panel display technology that uses large-area field electron sources to provide electrons that strike coloured phosphors to produce…
- field-programmable gate array noun a gate array designed to be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing in the field, i.e. after manufacturing.
- firm error noun A type of error where a signal or datum becomes wrong and remains wrong until the equipment is power-cycled, but does not physically damage…
- first-order hold noun A mathematical model of the practical reconstruction of sampled signals that could be done by a conventional digital-to-analog converter…
- flashcard noun A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.
- flatpack noun A surface-mounted circuit board with leads attached in the plane of the board.
- flip-flop noun A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable…
- float verb To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- floating ground noun A reference point for electric potential in a circuit which is not connected to the actual earth ground.
- floor plan noun A layout representation of where the major functional blocks of an integrated circuit will be physically placed.
- flutter noun The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency, caused by variations in the speed of the playback from a…
- frame noun A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- frame-alignment recovery time noun The amount of time that elapses between a valid frame alignment signal that is available at the receiving terminal equipment and the moment…
- frequency domain noun The analysis of mathematical functions or signals with respect to frequency, and possibly a phase, rather than time.
- frequency multiplier noun An electronic circuit that produces an output frequency that is an integral multiple of an input frequency.
- gain noun The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- gate noun The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- gate array noun an integrated circuit that is a prefabricated silicon chip circuit with no particular function except standard functions like NAND or NOR…
- gate off verb To turn something off by controlling its gate.
- gating noun The control of the flow of signals based on certain conditions or criteria.
- generation loss noun The loss of quality between successive copies, usually associated with magnetic audio and video media.
- ghosting noun The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
- gimmick noun A gimmick capacitor.
- grid noun The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).