A A-law - AAL 1 circuit emulation mode AAL1 AC signaling ACK cycle ADSL transceiver unit (ATU) ADSL AFE analog front end AND AND gate APD avalanche photodiode ASCII ASCII asynchronous support package (AASP) ASCII ASIC cell AT command set AT ATM adaptation layer (AAL) ATM ATM bearer service ATM ATM cell ATM ATM management objects ATM ATM network integrated processing (NIP) ATM ATM switch ATM Accelerated Hub Architecture Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) [ ] Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPAnet) ARPA Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) SCSI Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Aerial Cable Aloha Aloba [] American Electronics Association (AEA) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) American Wire Gauge (AWG) AppleShare AppleShare AppleTalk AppleTalk

AppleTalk control protocol (ATCP) AppleTalk AppleTalk filing protocol (AFP) AppleTalk Applied Research Laboratories (ARL) Archie Archie Architecture, Open Cooperative Computing (OCCA) Architecture, Scalable Processor (SPARC) Ardis Ardis Article Number Association(ANA) Association of Radio Industry Business (ARIB) Association, American Electronics (AEA) Association, Chinese Open Systems (COSA) Association, Computer & the Business Equipment Manufacturers(CBEMA) Association, Computer and Communication Industries (CCIA) Association, Electronic Industries (EIA) Association, Japanese Electronic Industry Development (JEIDA) Association, Korea Foreign Trade (KFTA) Association, National Cable Television (NCTA) Association, Personal Computer Memory Card International (PCMCIA) Association, Semiconductor Industry (SIA) Association, Taipei Computer (TCA) Association, Video Electronics Standards (VESA) Automatic Customer aachen abampere abandoned call abbreviated dialing abbreviated digital verification color code (ADVCC) aberration

aberration, chromatic aberration, spherical ability, heuristic reasoning abnormal decay abnormal end abort abort sequence above threshold abrasion abrupt junction absent absent extension diversion absent, coprocessor absolute accuracy absolute address absolute addressing absolute assembler absolute block absolute code absolute coordinate absolute dimension absolute disintegration rate absolute encoder absolute error absolute expansion absolute gain absolute humidity absolute index of refraction absolute instruction absolute intensity absolute loader absolute machine code absolute maximum rating absolute measuring system absolute permeability absolute pressure absolute temperature absolute temperature scale absolute value absolute variable absolute velocity absolute volume absolute zero absolute-value circuit absolute-value device absorbability absorptance

absorption absorption band absorption loss absorption modulation absorption spectrum absorption, active acoustical absorption, coefficient of absorptive attenuator abstract data type abstract quantity abstract symbol abstract syntax notation one (ASN.1) 1 abstraction ac brownout ac converter ac electric-field strength ac filter ac line filter ac power line accelerated graphics port (AGP) accelerated life test accelerated stress test accelerated test accelerated thermal cycle (ATC) accelerating voltage acceleration acceleration due to gravity acceleration in circular motion acceleration, angular acceleration, average acceleration, centripetal acceleration, component of acceleration, fuzzy computational (FCA) acceleration, gravitational acceleration, instantaneous acceleration, tangential acceleration, uniform accelerator accelerator, floating-point slave accelerator, programmable universal micro (PUMA) accelerometer accept acceptable noise level acceptable quality level

acceptable source acceptance angle acceptance cone acceptance test accepted test acceptor acceptor impurity acceptor, write access connection (WACA) access access charge access code access coupler access delay access line access method access mode access network access path access protocol access time access, basic access, basic rate (BRA) access, burst access, carrier sense multiple (CSMA) access, code-division multiple (CDMA) access, direct memory (DMA) access, external access, frequency-division multiple (FDMA) access, in-page burst access, internal access, multiple channel (MCA) access, on-page access, out-page access, page access, primary rate access, sequential access, time-division multiple (TDMA) access, virtual direct memory access-control mechanism accessed bit accessibility accessible voltage drop accessible, readily accessory

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activation rate activation, neutron activator , active active acoustical absorption active antenna array active carbon active component active condition active electric network active electronics active file active filter active impedance active materials active matrix active matrix display active mobile identity (AMI) active partitioning architecture active power active profile active rectification active server page active substrate active template library active termination active testing active transducer active trimming active voltage positioning (AVP) , active-high signal active-low signal active-matrix display activity activity factor activity, optical activity-based simulation actual mechanical advantage actuator actuator valve actuator, dual

actuator, pneumatic actuator, relay adaptability adaptation rate adapter adapter card adapter description library (ADL) adapter kit adapter signal process (ASP) adapter, color composite video adapter, color graphics (CGA) adapter, double-scan color graphics adapter, enhanced color graphics (EGA) adapter, monochrome display (MDA) adapter, serial adapter, standard adapter, super video graphics (SVGA) adapter, terminal (TA) adapter, video graphics (VGA) adaption rate adaptive antenna adaptive antenna array adaptive channel allocation (ACA) adaptive coding adaptive control system adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM) adaptive equalization adaptive excitation adaptive hardware adaptive jitter buffer adaptive maintenance adaptive predictive coding (APC) adaptive speed control add-on card add/drop multiplexer (ADM) adder addition without carry additional charge additive

additive plating additive process additive white Gaussian noise address address ID address broadcast address buffer address bus address counter address cycle address decoder address driver address field address format address generator address latch enable , address modification address modifier address part address pointer address register address signaling address space address strobe address transfer address, absolute address, base address, base-port address, column address, dot address, effective address, line address, logical block (LBA) address, machine address, offset address, row address, segment address, valid memory address-only cycle address-only transaction address/data bus addressable addressable connected,disconnected ACD / addressable latch addressable point addressing

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advanced intelligent network (AIN) advanced mobile phone service (amps) advanced peer-to-peer networking (APPN) advanced power management (APM) advanced process control (APC) , advanced radio data information service (ARDIS) advanced router advanced solder mask (ASM) advantage, actual mechanical advantage, ideal mechanical advantage, mechanical aeration aerosol agent agent, broker agent, data analysis agent, database agent, execution agent, mediator agent, security , agent, user aggregate aging factor agitation, thermal agitation, ultrasonic aglet air chamber air gap air interface air knife air operated air pressure gauge air pump air support air, compressed air-cooled design air-gap field voltage air-operated dispensing alarm alarm condition alarm display alarm indication signal (AIS)

albumin alcohol, isopropyl (IPA) algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP) algorithm algorithm analysis algorithm, asynchronous parallel algorithm, data encryption algorithm, fast Fourier transform algorithm, internal algorithm, layout algorithm, least recently used algorithm, logarithmic algorithm, multiple algorithm, replacement algorithm, routing algorithm, software algorithm, two-bit algorithm, unidirectional backtrace algorithmic language alias aliasing aligner alignment alignment error alignment hole alignment jitter alignment, frame alignment, optical alignment, testing alignment, timing alkali-halide alkali-halide substrate alkaline battery all-digital television all-optical networks all-pass function allocate allocation allocation, file allowable continuous current alloy alloy junction alpha particle alpha ray

alphanumeric alphanumeric key alphanumeric pagers alternate billing service (ABS) alternate display alternate mark inversion (AMI) alternate routing alternate-channel interference alternating current (ac) alternating function alternating-current generator alternating-current pulse alternator alternator, three-phase altimeter alumina aluminum coil aluminum electrolytic capacitor aluminum interconnect [] ambient conditions ambient level ambient noise ambient temperature amino acid ammeter ammonia amorphous substance amorphous-silicon thin-film transistors ampacity ampere (A) ampere-hour (Ah) ampere-hour capacity ampere-hour efficiency ampere-turns amplification amplification factor amplifier (Amp) amplifier gain amplifier, audio amplifier, audio-frequency amplifier, bridge amplifier, class A power A

amplifier, class B power B amplifier, composition amplifier, current feedback amplifier, current sense amplifier, differential amplifier, diffusion amplifier, direct coupling amplifier, direct current amplifier, dual video amplifier, erbium-doped fiber (EDFA) amplifier, floating diffusion amplifier, high-frequency amplifier, instrumentation amplifier, loop compensation amplifier, low-frequency amplifier, multiple-channel amplifier, narrowband amplifier, operational (OpAmp) amplifier, operational transconductance (OTA) amplifier, pre-(preamp) amplifier, programmable gain (PGA) amplifier, push-pull amplifier, quad operational amplifier, radio frequency amplifier, sample-and-hold (SHA) amplifier, track-and-hold (THA) amplifier, video amplitude amplitude distortion amplitude equalization amplitude evaluation , amplitude flatness amplitude modulation (AM) amplitude resonance amplitude shift keying (ASK) amplitude, angle of amplitude-frequency response analog analog -to-digital converter (ADC)

analog -to-digital video converter analog / digital (A/D) analog / discrete test system analog baseband chip analog cell analog channel analog circuit analog comparator analog data interchange format (ADIF) analog dielectric isolation analog display services interface (ADSI) analog emulation analog front-end analog hardware description language (AHDL) analog output analog private network signaling system (APNSS) analog process analog semicustom analog set-top box analog signal processing analog summing bus analog supply voltage analog switch analog transmission analog trigger analysis balance analysis by synthesis (ABS) analysis, bus bounce analysis, destructive physical (DPA) analysis, dimensional analysis, dynamic functional analysis, failure analysis, finite-element (FEA) analysis, functional analysis, interconnect analysis, joint time-frequency (JTFA) analysis, logic analysis, nodal analysis, residual gas (RGA)

analysis, spectrum analysis, static structural analysis, statistical analysis, structural analysis, testability analysis, time-interval analysis, timing analyzer, protocol analyzer, spectrum analyzer, transmission ancillary equipment anemometer aneroid barometer angle diversity angle encoder angle modulation angle of advance angle of amplitude angle of deviation angle of retard angle, conjugate angle, critical angle, declination angle, deflection angle, dielectric phase angle, dip angle, emergence angle, incident angle, limiting angle, phase angle, polarization angle, prism angle, reflecting angle, refracting angle, solid angle, visual angstrom angular acceleration angular deviation angular displacement angular harmonic motion angular impulse angular magnification angular momentum angular motion angular scale angular velocity animation anion anisochronous signal

anisotropic anisotropic adhesive anisotropic conductive adhesive anisotropic conductive film (ACF) annealing annealing temperature annotation annotation, back annotation, forward annular ring annunciator anode anomalous expansion anomaly anonymous FTP server answer answer back answer mode answer-back code answer-back code generation antenna antenna (bi-directional) ) antenna (omni-directional) antenna (uni-directional) antenna array antenna effect antenna factor antenna gain antenna pattern antenna, phased-array antenna, whip anti virus [] anti-pad , , antialiasing anticathode anticlockwise moment antidumping antifuse antifuse field programmable gate array antiglare antiglare screen antilock brake antimagnetic force antinode antioxidant antiresonant frequency

antistatic antistatic shipping bag , aperture aperture compensation aperture distortion aperture setting aperture, multiple aperture, numerical aperture, single apogee apparatus apparent charge apparent depth apparent expansion apparent inductance apparent performance apparent power applet Java , Java appliance application application association (AA) application binary interface (ABI) application control and management system (ACMS) application environment specifications (AES) application execution environment application integration architecture (AIA) application interface application layer application program interface (API) application server application software application, numerical application, point of application-execution environment application-focused array application-specific automation processor (ASAP) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) application-specific integrated processor (ASIP) application-specific standard product (ASSP) approval

approval test approval, type approximation successive- (S-A) aqueous cleaning [] aqueous solution aramid yarn arbiter arbiter, bus arbitrary arbitrary, totally arbitrate arbitration arbitration bus arbitration cycle arbitration scheme arbitration state machine arbitration timing arbitration, multimaster arc light arc scanning arc, carbon architectural engineering and construction (AEC) architecture architecture design architecture, active partitioning architecture, application integration (AIA) architecture, associative architecture, backbone network (BNA) architecture, cascaded network (CNA) architecture, communications architecture, concurrent bus architecture, demand protocol (DPA) architecture, digital network (DNA) architecture, distributed data management (DDMA) architecture, distributed system (DSA) architecture, dual retargetable (DRA) architecture, extended industry

standard (EISA) architecture, extended processing (EPA) architecture, flow-through architecture, industry standard (ISA) architecture, instruction set architecture, logical architecture, micro-channel bus (MCA) architecture, network architecture, open network (ONA) architecture, open system architecture, pipeline architecture, precision architecture, scalable architecture, staged-vacuum architecture, systems application (SAA) architecture, trigger detection architecture, two-way set-associative arcing area array TAB TAB area color code , area key distributor (AKD) area, basic input/output system data area, extended basic input/output system data (EBDA) area, high memory (HMA) area, inactive area, internal data (IDA) area, static-safe area-source areal density argon gas argon laser argon sputter-etch process argument

arithmetic / logic unit (ALU) arithmetic mean arm arm, moment armature armor arrangement, data access (DAA) array array antenna array, antifuse field programmable gate array, application-focused array, channel-less array, disk array, drive array, extended graphics (XGA) array, field programmable gate (FPGA) array, gate array, high-density channeled array, land grid (LGA) array, linear array, logic cell (LCA) array, masked gate array, memory cell array, one-dimensional array, programmable gate (PGA) array, programmable logic (PLA) array, three-dimensional array, two-dimensional array, video graphics (VGA) arsenic artifact artifact artifact, physical artificial antenna artificial intelligence (AI) artificial load artificial magnet artificial radioactive substance artificial radioactivity artificial radioisotope artificial transformation

artwork artwork data artwork generation asbestos aspartic acid aspect ratio (AR) aspherical mirror assembler assembler, cross assembler, macro- assembly assembly code assembly language assembly process assembly, hard-disk (HDA) assert asserted assertion assertion-level logic assigned value assigner assignment association control service element (ACSE) associative architecture associative lookup associative memory associative rules associative, set- assurance, quality (QA) astigmatism astronomical unit astronomy, radio asymmetric cryptographic system asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) [] asymmetrical cell asymmetrical network asymptote asynchronous asynchronous balanced mode (ABM) asynchronous character asynchronous communication interface asynchronous machine asynchronous memory bus

asynchronous operation asynchronous parallel algorithm asynchronous polling interface (API) asynchronous receiving mode asynchronous response mode (ARM) asynchronous sending mode asynchronous serial communication interface (ASCI) asynchronous state machine asynchronous switching asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) asynchronous transmission asynchronous, bit asynchronous, byte at-speed test atmosphere atmospheric pressure atom atom, Bohr atomic clock atomic energy atomic heat atomic mass atomic mass unit atomic nucleus atomic number atomic structure atomic weight atomization, ultrasonic atomizer attach map attached resource computer network (ARCnet) attachment attachment unit interface (AUI) attention cycle attenuate attenuation attenuation band attenuation coefficient attenuation constant attenuation current attenuation distortion attenuation equalization

attenuation factor attenuation values attenuation, local attenuator attenuator, input attenuator, optical attraction attractive force attribute attribute code attribute controller attribute searching , attribute type attribute, page attribute, video audibility audible noise audible range audio audio amplifier audio analyzer audio frequency (AF) audio messaging interchange system - analog (AMIS-A) audio streaming audio-frequency amplifier audio-mixing module (AMU) audio-processor unit (APU) audio-visual (AV) audioconferencing audiotex [] augment auroral oval region austenite authentication [] authentication and key exchange (AKE) authentication center (AC) authoring language authorization auto answering machine auto decrement auto dial auto-answer auto-authentication [] auto-login auto-ranging auto-tuning temperature controller

autobaud autodetect mode autodiscovery autofill autogrid autoincrement automated attendant automated defect classification (ADC) automated inspection system automated material handling Systems (AMHS) automated materials handling automated optical inspection (AOI) automated reasoning tool (ART) automated teller machine(ATM) automated test equipment (ATE) automated x-ray inspection (AXI) X automatic bit rate (ABR) automatic call distribution automatic call distribution ACD automatic call sequencer (ACS) automatic channel assignment automatic configuration automatic contour digitizer ACD automatic control automatic credit card verification service (ACCS) automatic dialer automatic frequency control (AFC) automatic gain control (AGC) automatic load balancing automatic message accounting (AMA) automatic modulation control (AMC)

automatic number identification automatic optical inspection (AOI) automatic phase control automatic place and route (APR) automatic placement machine automatic power control (APC) automatic program generator (APG) automatic protection switching automatic repeat request (ARQ) automatic request for repetition (ARQ) automatic speech recognition (ASR) automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) automatic teller machine (ATM) automatic test equipment (ATE) automatic test generator (ATG) automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) automatic test program generation (ATPG) automatic vehicle location (AVL) automatic voltage regulator (AVR) automatic volume control automation automation, electronic design (EDA) automotive electronics autonomous link autoranging autosynch autotuning temperature controller autozero mode auxiliary operation auxiliary supply auxiliary switch

availability available memory avalanche avalanche breakdown avalanche photo diode (APD) avatar average acceleration average access time (AAT) average velocity avionics axial lead component axis axis of rotation axis, optical axis, principal azeotrope azeotropic mixture azimuth AC(alternating current) () AD(analog to digital) ADC(analog to digital convertor) ADM(adaptive delta modulation) ADPCM(adaptive differential pulse code modulation) ALU(arithmetic logic unit) ASCII(American standard code for information interchange) AV(audio visual) AI :Auto-Insertion AQL :acceptable quality level ATE :automatic test equipment ATM :atmosphere

B back annotation back channel back electromotive force back filling back light

back panel back ripple current back, loop back-annotate back-end back-off, bus back-scattering back-to-back testing backbone cabling backbone network backbone network architecture (BNA) background background acquisition backplane backplane bus backplane transceiver logic (BTL) backscatter backtrace backup backup gap backup protection backward diode backward estimation backward recovery backward-compatible baffle balance force balance, analytic balance, charge balanced balanced amplifier balanced capacitance balanced circuit balanced conditions balanced line balanced mixer balanced, link access protocol (LAP-B) balancing network ball bearing ball, solder ball-bearing fan ballast ballistic galvanometer balun banana plug band band spectrum band spreading

band, carrier band, citizen (CB) band, effective band, guard band, pass band, side band, single-side (SSB) band, voice band-edge band-elimination filter bandgap banding, rubber bandpass bandpass filter bandpass limiter bandwidth bandwidth on demand bandwidth, communications bandwidth, frequency bandwidth, frequency selective bandwidth, luminance bandwidth, read bandwidth, resolution (RBW) bandwidth, sampling frequency bandwidth-limited operation bank bank switching bank winding bank, multi-register bank, register bar bar code bar generator bar graph bar magnet bar pattern bar-code reader bar-code scanner bar-code system bar-type current transformer bare board bare conductor bare die bare-board testing bargraph barium (Ba)

barometer barometer, aneroid barrel connector barrel distortion barrel shifter barrier barrier layer base base active power base address base bus base drive base electrode base frequency base impedance base load base management information, (MIB) base page address base port address base pressure base region base register base resistivity base station base station controller (BSC) base station subsystem (BSS) base transceiver station (BTS) base transistor base unit base, common base, time baseband baseband LAN baseband coaxial cable baseband modem baseband network baseband signal baseband-multiplexed baseline delay baseline offset baseline overshoot baseline privacy baseline wander (BLW) baseplate baseplate temperature basic HTML (HyperText Markup Language) basic access

basic access method basic access model basic audio processor (BAP) basic cell basic communications services basic control element basic direct access method basic encoding rule (BER) basic input/output system (BIOS) basic input/output system data area basic media access controller (BMAC) basic part basic rate basic rate access (BRA) basic rate interface (BRI) basic repetition rate basic telecommunications access method (BTAM) basic transmission unit (BTU) bass boost batch batch mode [] batch processing bath voltage bath, solder bath, water bathtub curve battery battery back-up battery boost battery charger battery eliminator battery pack battery, alkaline battery, lithium battery, nickel cadmium (NiCd) battery, nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery, primary battery, secondary battery, solar baud baud rate baud-rate generator

beacon beacon frame bead, solder beam beam crossover loss beam finder beam forming beam splitter beam steering [] beam, electron beam, focused ion (FIB) beam, gallium ion beam, ion beam, laser beam, molecular beam, photolithographic beam-deflection tube bearer service bearing bearing accuracy bearing, ball bearing, hydrostatic bearing, roller bearing, spindle beat beat frequency beat note bed-of-nails behavior, transient behavioral behavioral data behavioral definition behavioral description behavioral simulation behavioral simulation model bellow belt, conveyer benchmark benchmarking program bend loss [ ] bend radius benzene beryllium (Be) beta circuit ?beta testing ?beveled bezel bi-directional bi-directional bus bi-directional pin bi-phase coding

bias bias circuit bias current bias distortion bias power bias slope bias, fixed bias, high-temperature reverse- (HTRB) bias, negative biased amplifier biconcave lens biconical antenna biconvex lens bifocal lens bilateral network bilateral roaming agreement bilateral transducer bill of materials (BOM) bimetallic strip binary binary arithmetic binary code binary compatible binary countdown binary counter binary data binary decision diagram (BDD) binary encoding binary frequency-shift keying (BFSK) binary mask binary notation binary number system binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) binary search binary synchronous communications (BSC) binary synchronous control (BSC) binary synchronous interface (BSI) binary synchronous protocol (BISYNC) binary tree search binary unit binary with eight zero substitution (B8ZS) binary-coded decimal (BCD)

binary-tree search binaural binder binding binding energy binhex -- biodegradable biplexer bipolar bipolar analog process bipolar coding bipolar coding with zero suppression bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) bipolar logic bipolar metal oxide semiconductor (BiMOS) bipolar power transistor bipolar signal bipolar transistor biquinary - bismuth compound bistability bistable bit bit cell bit error rate (BER) bit error rate (ber) bit error rate testing (BERT) bit field bit map bit plane bit problem bit rate bit serial bit shift bit stream bit stuffing bit synchronous bit, accessed bit, asynchronous bit, framing bit, horizontal parity bit, interleaved bit, least significant (LSB) bit, lower bit, missing

bit, parity bit, significant bit, start bit, status bit, stop bit, storage bit, upper bit, vertical parity bit-aligned block transfer bit-block transfer (BitBLT) bit-cell polysilicon bit-error rate testing (BERT) bit-error rates bit-error ratio (BER) bit-mapped graphics bit-mapped raster image bit-oriented protocol bit-oriented protocol (BOP) bit-parallel bit-per-second (bps) bit-retention time bit-reversal permutation bit-serial bit-sliced black and white black body black box black compression black level black light black peak black-body radiation black-oxide process black-surface reflector (BSR) blackening, relative blade blade antenna blade tip blank blank character blanked picture signal blanking blanking interval blanking level bleed [] blind hole

blind spot blind via blink blister block block allocation block code block command block diagram block erase block error rate (BLER) block mode block parity block sequence number (BSN) block transfer block, building block, configurable logic (CLB) block, data block, expanded memory (EMB) block, file control (FCB) block, functional block, generic logic (GLB) block, logic array (LAB) block, upper memory (UMB) block-mode transfer blockcheck character (BCC) blocking capacitor blocking diode blocking probability blocking voltage blow hole blower blowout coil board layer board library board test lab board warpage board, bare board, bread board, bulletin board, burn-in (BIB) board, bus master board, chip-on- (COB) board, daughter board, double-sided board, field programmable circuit (FPCB)

board, functional system (FSB) board, main board, multilayer board, plated-through board, printed circuit (PCB) board, printed wiring (PWB) board, single-sided board, through-hole board, wiring terminal bobbin bobble [ ] body capacitance body, electrified body, illuminated body, luminous body, non-luminous body, opaque body, perfectly elastic body, rigid body, translucent boiling boiling point bond bond pad bond wire bond, covalent bond, ionic bond, metallic bonded wafer bonding bonding alloy bonding pads bonding, metal electrode face (MELF) bonding, tape automated (TAB) bonding, transferred-bump tape automated (T-BTAB) book-to-bill ratio boolean algebra boolean equation boolean expansion boolean logic boolean operator boolean reduction boost boost regulator boost, buck- booster

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break detect break indication breakdown breakdown current breakdown impedance breakdown rating breakdown region breakdown voltage breakdown, collector-base breakdown, secondary breaker breakout box breakpoint breakpoint trigger breakthrough bridge bridge amplifier bridge circuit bridge current bridge rectifier bridge, Wheatstone bridge, Wien bridge, solder bridged-T network bridging bridle wire brightness brightness, cross brine broadband broadband Internet broadband coaxial cable broadband detection broadband directional coupler broadband power divider broadband telecommunications broadband wireless [] broadcast broadcast address broadcast control channel (BCCH) broadcast encryption broadcast management entity (BME) broadcast network broadside array bronze conductor

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bulletin board service (BBS) bump bumper bundle buoyancy buried cable buried hole buried layer buried logic buried power plane buried via burn-in burn-in board (BIB) burn-in test burn-in, dynamic burn-in, high-temperature reverse-bias burn-in, static burn-in, test during (TDBI) burnout burst burst access burst bus burst bus transfer burst cycle burst duration burst mode burst read burst transaction burst transfer rate burst, multi- burst, servo burst-bus transfer bursty , bursty communications bus bus arbiter bus arbitration bus back-off bus bounce analysis bus contention bus cycle bus driver bus entry bus error recovery bus interface bus latency bus master bus master board bus matrix switch

bus network [] bus rate bus requester bus slot bus snooping bus speed bus type bus utilization bus, address bus, analog summing bus, asynchronous memory bus, backplane bus, base bus, burst bus, communications management bus, concurrent bus, data bus, data transfer bus, displacement bus, distributed queued dual (DQDB) bus, general purpose instrument (GPIB) bus, general purpose interface (GPIB) bus, host bus, index bus, internal read only memory pass (IRPB) bus, interrupt bus, local bus, memory bus, micro-channel bus, multidrop parallel bus, multisystem extension interface (MXIbus) bus, peripheral interface bus, realtime system integration (RTSIBus) bus, subsystem bus, summing bus, utility bus-control unit bus-cycle restart bus-cycle tracing bus-intensive bus-timing emulation business planning and control system (BPCS) business-to-business e-commerce

(B2B) business-to-consumer e-commerce (B2C) busy busy hour butterfly engine button push- buzzer bypass bypass capacitor bypass condenser bypass filter byte byte asynchronous byte control protocol (BCP) byte interleaving byte serial byte serial transmission byte synchronous byte, status byte-oriented memory byte-oriented protocol byte-wide bytes-per-second B-channel B BASIC language Barkhausen criterion Baudot code Bayesian network Beaconing Beam-former Beamwidth [ ][] Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) Bell Labs Bell Northern Research (BNR) [] Bell System Bell operating company (BOC) Bellcore Billing Administration and Roaming Group (BARG) Bluetooth Bluetooth Special Interest Group BnZS code BnZS Bode diagram Bode plot

Bohr atom Boltzmann's constant Bootstrap protocol Bootstrap Borscht [] Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) --[] Boyle's law British Electrotechnical Committee (BEC) British Standards Institution (BSI) British thermal unit (BTU) Bus Arbitration Butterworth filter BCD(binary coded decimal) BCR(bi-directional controlled rectifier) BCR(buffer courtier reset) BZ(buzzer) BGA :ball grid array C cabinet cable cable accessories cable assemblies cable bend radius cable concentrator cable driver cable loss cable modem Modem cable phone cable skew delay cable telephony [][] cable television (CATV) cable, baseband coaxial cable, coaxial cable, flat cable, twisted-pair cable, twisted-pair flat cablecasting cache cache / DRAM controller cache controller cache logic cache management cache memory

cache servers cache slice cache snooping cache unit cache, branch target (BTC) cache, copy-back cache, data cache, direct-mapped cache, directly mapped cache, instruction cache, register stack cache, second level cache, software transparent cache, write cache, write-back cache, write-through cacheable cacheable non- caching caching, disk cadmium (Cd) cage antenna calcium titanate calcium zirconate calculator calibrate calibration (CAL) calibration curve calibration data calibration error calibration interval calibration, traceable calibrator calibrator, internal call admission control (CAC) call center call control function (CCF) call detail report (CDR) call forwarding call gate call park call progress

call rerouting distribution (CRD) , call transfer call, sub-routine call, virtual caller caller ID calling line identification (CLID) calling line identification restriction (CLIR) calorie calorimeter calorimetry camcorder camera, still-video cancellation, echo candela (cd) candle, standard canonical form capability set 1 (CS 1) 1,1 capacitance capacitance coupling capacitance, feedback capacitance, fringe capacitance, inter-winding capacitance, overlap capacitance, series capacitance, shunt capacitance, stray capacitive load capacitive reactance capacitive voltage doubler capacitive voltage inverter capacitor capacitor bank capacitor, aluminum electrolytic capacitor, ceramic capacitor, diode capacitor, electrolytic capacitor, homopolar electrolytic capacitor, metallized polyester film capacitor, metallized polypropylene capacitor, parallel-plate

capacitor, polyester film capacitor, spark gap capacitor, tantalum capacitor, tantalum foil electrolytic capacitor, thin-film capacitor, trench type capacitor, variable capacity capacity, electrostatic capacity, heat capacity, molar heat capacity, specific heat capacity, thermal capillary capillary action capillary phenomena capillary tube capillary wave capture effect capture, schematic capture, waveform carbon (C) card card edge connector card, add-on card, enhanced color graphics card, full-size card, graphics card, half-size card, input/output card, integrated circuit card, integrated circuit memory card, multifunction card, smart carriage return carrier carrier band (CB) carrier detect carrier frequency carrier program carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) carrier sense multiple access with collision detection(CSMA/CD) carrier spacing carrier wave carrier, chip

carrier, plastic leaded chip (PLCC) carrier, plastic leadless chip carrier, sub- carrier-to-interference ratio (C/R) - carrier-to-noise ratio carterphone decision cartography cascade cascaded network architecture (CNA) case cassette cassette tape cassette, streaming data cassette, wafer catadioptric catalog server catalyst catalytic combustion category 5 cable cathode cathode dark space cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO) cathode ray tube (CRT) cathode ray tube controller (CRTC) cathode, anti- cathode, cold cathode, reactive cation caustic curve caustic surface cavity, optical cavity, resonant cell cell constant cell delay variation (CDV) cell delay variation tolerance (CDVT) cell delineation cell identifier cell library [] cell loss priority (CLP) cell polarization cell rate decoupling cell relay

cell splitting cell, Daniel cell, Weston cell, analog cell, basic cell, common cell, concentration cell, digital cell, dry cell, feed-through cell, macro cell, mega- cell, memory cell, pad cell, peripheral cell, phantom cell, photoelectric cell, solar cell, standard cell, structural cell, super cell, test cell, voltaic cellular cellular TV cellular digital packet data (CDPD) cellular phone center frequency center of curvature center of gravity center of mass center of percussion center, optical centering jaw centi- (c) centimeter (cm) centimeter-gram-second system (CGS) central office (co) central processing unit (CPU) central processing unit intensive central processing unit time centralized token passing (CTP) centrifugal force centripetal acceleration centripetal force

centroid ceramic ceramic capacitor ceramic chip land-grid array ceramic chip-scale package CSP ceramic column grid array (CCGA) ceramic dual-in-line (CDIP) ceramic insulator ceramic leaded chip carrier package (CLCC) ceramic multilayer chip capacitor ceramic package ceramic quad flat pack (CQFP) ceramic reflector ceramic substrate ceramic thermistor certification certification path chain chain reaction chain, daisy chain, radioactive chain, sequential chained list chamber, air chamber, bubble chamber, cloud chamber, vacuum change dump change, phase changeover switch channel channel acquisition , channel associated signaling (CAS) channel bank channel borrowing channel capacity channel coding channel identifier channel length channel processor channel quality feedback (CQF) channel service unit (CSU)

channel stream identifier (CSI) channel, dual synchronous communications channel, dual- channel, handshake channel, high-speed parallel channel, link access protocol for the D (LAPD) channel, micro bus channel, multifunction channel, multiple channel, synchronous communications channel-less array channel-load command channeled gate array character character code character generator character reader character recognition character set character string character, block check (BCC) character, control character, end-of-file character, interleaved character-oriented protocol character-per-second (CPS) characteristic characteristic curve characteristic impedance characterization node characterization parameter characterize characters per second (CPS) charcoal charge charge balance charge carrier charge density charge transfer charge, bound charge, conservation of charge, electric charge, induced charge, negative

charge, net charge, photo- charge, point charge, positive charge, quick charge, space charge, static charge, surface charge, surface density of charge, test charge, unit charge-balance converter charge-injection device (CID) charge-modulated device (CMD) charge-transfer efficiency charged coupled device (CCD) charged particle charging charging by induction charging current chassis chassis ground cheapernet check check bit check list check sum check, cyclic redundancy (CRC) check, design rule (DRC) check, electrical rule (ERC) check, longitudinal redundancy (LRC) check, parity check, two-coordinate parity check, validity check, vertical redundancy (VRC) chemical oxygen demand (COD) chemical vacuum thin-film deposition chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chemical vapor infiltration (CVI)

chemical-mechanical collector - chemically amplified chemically amplified resist (CAR) chemically-amplified resist chemistry chip chip carrier chip component chip count chip enable chip layout chip mounter chip on board (COB) chip on chip (COC) chip on flex (COF) chip on glass (COG) chip rate chip shooter chip, ferroelectric chip, flip- chip, optical-neuro chip-level integration chip-on-glass LCD chip-select controller chip-select generator chipping rate chipset chipshooter [] chirp chirped pulse amplification (CPA) chlordane chlorinated fluorocarbon (CFC) chlorine (Cl) choke choke coil choke, radio frequency (RFC) chopped display chopper chopper amplifier chroma chromakey chromatic aberration

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classical physics classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) [] clean room cleaning, aqueous cleaning, semi-aqueous cleaning, stencil clear clear channel clear to send (CTS) RS-232C clear, counter clicks client client-server - client/server computing / clip level clip mounting clipboard clipper clipper chip clipping clock clock accuracy clock and data recovery (CDR) clock distribution device (CDD) clock generator clock oscillator clock recovery device (CRD) clock reference clock speed clock synchronization clock violation clock, low-jitter clock, realtime clock, serializer shift clock, shift clock, test (TCK) clocked sequential logic clocking clockwise moment clone closed architecture closed circuit closed circuit voltage (CCV) closed feedback control system closed loop

closed loop buck converter closed user group (CUG) (CUG) closed-circuit voltage (CCV) closed-loop control closed-loop gain closed-loop recycling system closed-loop servo positioner cloud chamber cluster cluster control unit cluster controller , cluster testing cluster, virtual clustering clutter co-channel interference coarse-grain parallelism coated film coated magnetic tape coating coaxial cable coaxial connector coaxial tube cobalt (Co) code code conversion code division testbed (CODIT) code excited linear prediction (CELP) code generator code queue code segment code signing , code violation code, answer-back code, attribute code, bar code, character code, error-correction (ECC) code, gray code, identification code, illegal code, instruction code, machine code, no missing (NMC)

code, object code, operation (opcode) code, orthogonal operation code, pseudo code, source code, threaded code-division multiple access (CDMA) codec coded data field type (CDFT) coded digital verification color code (CDVCC) coded mark inversion (CMI) coded orthogonal FDM coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (COFDM) coder coder / decoder (CODEC) coding coding, linear predictive (LPC) coding, precision adaptive sub-band (PASC) coefficient coefficient negative-temperature, (NTC) coefficient of convection coefficient of damping coefficient of elongation coefficient of expansion coefficient of friction coefficient of heat conduction coefficient of mutual induction coefficient of rolling friction coefficient of self induction coefficient of sliding friction coefficient of sound absorption coefficient of static friction coefficient of thermal conduction coefficient of thermal deflection coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) coefficient of viscosity coefficient, negative-temperature (NTC)

coefficient, positive temperature (PTC) coefficient, temperature (TC) coercive force cofired ceramic cofiring cognitive science coherence coherent detection coherent sources coherent wave coherent, phase cohesive force coil coil, Helmholtz coil, aluminum coil, choke coil, deflection coil, induction coil, primary coil, resistance coil, secondary coil, voice coke cold boot cold cathode cold flow cold fusion extension (CFX) cold fusion modeling language (CFML) cold solder connection cold-junction compensation cold-start collaborative computing collector collector dotting collector junction collector modulation collector tuning oscillator collector voltage collector, common collector-base breakdown collector-emitter voltage collimated beam collimating lens collimator

collinear collision collision detection (CD) collision, elastic collision, inelastic collision, ionization by collision, total inelastic color burst color composite video adapter color difference color difference signal color filter array color gradation color graphics adapter (CGA) color lookup table (CLUT) color palette color plane color, complementary color, cross color, primary color, pseudo- color, true color-difference signal colorimetry column column address strobe (CAS) column counter column enable column grid array (CGA) column of butterfly comb filter comb pattern , combination combination microphone combination tone combination, parallel combination, permutation and combination, series combinational logic [] combinational logic combinational tester combinatorial combiner combustion, heat of command command line

command processor command queuing command register command swapping command user interface (CUI) command, channel-load commander comment commercial Internet exchange (CIX) committed information rate (CIR) common access method (CAM) common air interface (CAI) common application environment (CAE) common application language (CAL) common base common business oriented language (COBOL) common cell common channel interoffice signaling (CCIS) common channel signaling (CCS) common clock signal common collector common emitter common gateway interface (CGI) common management information protocol (CMIP) common management information service (CMIS) common management information service element (CMISE) common mode range common objectsupport services COSS common part sublayer , common return common-cathode double diode common-mode common-mode interference common-mode noise

common-mode output common-mode range common-mode rejection common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) common-mode signal common-mode voltage common-mode voltage range (CMVR) communication band communication controller communication interface communication server communications communications architecture communications bandwidth communications interprocess (IPC) communications link communications management bus communications processing communications program communications software communications theory communications, binary synchronous (BSC) communications, data communications, internetwork communications, multi-protocol serial communications, parallel communications, serial community dial office (CDO) commutation factor commutative rules commutator compact compact disc (CD) compact disc re-writable (CD-RW) compact disc read only memory (CD ROM) compact disc-digital audio (CD-DA) compact disk-interactive (CD-I) compand companding - comparative search comparative sort

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complex instruction set computing (CISC) complex number complex programmable logic device (cpld) compliance compliance range compliant component component assembly component count component feeder component lead component library component of acceleration component placement component placement machine component side component, active component, axial lead component, chip component, discrete component, field programmable interconnect (FPIC) component, horizontal component, leadless component, multiplexed analog (MAC) component, parasitic component, passive component, polarized component, pseudo-color component, through-hole component, user environment (UEC) component, vertical component, virtual component-per-hour (cph) composite composite amplifier composite cable composite color picture signal compound compound annual growth rate (CAGR) compound, bismuth compressed air compressibility

compression compression / decompression technology compression algorithm compression ratio compression, data compression, lossless compression, lossy compression, multiplexed analog (MAC) compressive strain compressor computational fluid dynamics computer automated testing (CAT) computer graphics interface (CGI) computer integrated telephony (CIT) computer network computer numerical control (CNC) computer simulation computer supported telecommunications applications (CSTA) computer supported telephony applications (CSTA) computer telephony (CT) computer telephony integration (CTI) [] computer tomography (CT) X computer virus computer vision computer vision-inspection system computer, complex instruction set (CISC) computer, desktop computer, fault-tolerant computer, handheld computer, laptop computer, mainframe computer, mini- computer, notebook computer, palmtop computer, pen-based computer, personal (PC) computer, portable computer, reduced instruction set

(RISC) computer, super-mini computer-aided design (CAD) computer-aided design framework initiative (CFI) computer-aided design package (CADP) computer-aided electronic industry (CAEI) computer-aided engineering (CAE) computer-aided instruction (CAI) computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) computer-aided planning (CAP) computer-aided process planning (CAPP) , computer-aided software engineering (CASE) computer-aided test environment (CATE) computer-aided testing (CAT) computer-generated hologram (CGH) computer-integrated distribution (CID) computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) computer-integrated manufacturing system computerized branch exchange (CBX) computing, complex instruction set (CISC) computing, distributed computing, reduced instruction set (RISC) concatenation concave lens concave mirror concealed wiring concentration cell concentration, cable concentration, impurity concentrator concentric winding concept phase concurrency pseudo-

concurrent concurrent bus concurrent bus architecture concurrent engineering concurrent force concurrent process concurrent processing condensation condensation, heat of condenser condenser microphone condenser optics condenser polyethylene condenser, bypass condenser, polyester film condenser, polypropylene condenser, polystyrene condenser, shunted condition, active condition, critical condition, race condition, saturation condition, standard conditional branch conditional jump conditional replacement conditional statement conditioning conductance conductance relay conductance, electric conductance, thermal conducted interference conducting ground plane conduction conduction band conduction loss conduction soldering conduction, coefficient of heat conduction, coefficient of thermal conduction, heat conductive conductive adhesive conductive foam conductive ink technology conductive polymer conductive tote bin

conductivity conductivity, electrical conductivity, gas conductivity, thermal conductivity, unilateral conductor conductor, non- conductor, organic photo- conductor, thermal conduit cone conference bridge conference call confidence test configurable configurable hardware configurable-logic block (CLB) configuration configuration management configuration register configuration testing protocol (CTP) configuration, automatic configuration, dynamic configuration, multiple confocal resonator conformal coating conformance tests conformity congestion window conical array conical horns conical microwave imager sounder (CMIS) conjugate angle conjugate point conjugate structure ACELP ACELP conjunction connectability connected load connection admission control (CAC) connection diagram connection set connection, delta connection, dual-attached connection, multidrop connection, single-attached connection, star

connectionless , connectionless service connectivity connector connector panel connector panel module connector superset expansion board, connector, barrel connector, card edge connector, circular connector, coaxial connector, delta connector, edge connector, mini-circular connector, modular connector, optical connector, top-plane conservation of angular momentum conservation of charge conservation of energy conservation of momentum conservation, law of conservative force consideration, electrical consideration, mechanical consistency console consonance constant constant acceleration constant bit rate (CBR) constant current limiting circuit constant current load constant density recording (CDR) constant linear velocity constant pressure constant velocity constant voltage constant voltage power supply [] constant volume constant, Faraday constant, Planck's constant, decay constant, dielectric

constant, elastic constant, force constant, galvanometer constant, gas constant, gradient constant, gravitational constant, time constant, universal gravitational constant-current transformer constant-voltage charge constraint, physical constraint, timing construct construct, sequential constructive solids geometry (CSG) consumer control processor (CCP) consumer electronics contact contact angle contact bounce contact layer contact potential contact printing contact rectifier contact resistance contact, probe contact, rating contactor contaminant contaminated, cross contamination contamination, residual content addressable memory (CAM) content addressable storage (CAS) content distribution content layer content, semantic contention contention, bus context switching context switching latency (CSL) continuity test continuos load continuous composite servo (CCS)

continuous current mode continuous current rating continuous discharge continuous dynamic channel selection (CDCS) continuous edge graphic (CEG) continuous oscillation continuous phase frequency shift keying (CPFSK) continuous phase modulation (CPM) continuous spectrum continuous strip continuous wave contour analysis contract manufacturing service (CMS) contraction contrast contrast control contrast ratio contrast transfer function (CTF) contrast, voltage control action control block control character control circuit control function control grid control integrated circuit control logic control loop control numerical, (NC) control panel control parameter control, automatic frequency (AFC) control, automatic gain (AGC) control, binary synchronous (BSC) control, computer numerical (CNC) control, convergence control, direct numerical (DNC) control, echo suppression

control, embedded control, flow control, high-level data link (HDLC) control, incoming quality (IQC) control, link layer (LLC) control, logical link (LLC) control, media access (MAC) control, mode control, numerical (NC) control, parity control, process control, statistical process (SPC) control, statistical quality (SQC) control, step control, synchronous data link (SDLC) control, virtual terminal (VTC) control-oriented function controlled rectifier controller area network (CAN) controller characteristics controller, attribute controller, auto-tuning temperature controller, basic media access (BMAC) controller, cache controller, cache/dynamic random access memory controller, cathode ray tube, (CRTC) controller, chip select controller, communication controller, data path (DPC) controller, direct memory access (DMAC) controller, embedded controller, enhanced serial communications (ESCC) controller, fiber optic ring media access (FORMAC) controller, flat panel

controller, general purpose controller, graphics controller, high-performance (HPC) controller, integrated data protocol (IDPC) controller, integrated serial communications (ISCC) controller, interrupt controller, mass flow (MFC) controller, memory (MEMC) controller, micro channel autodecode bus controller, mono-channel universal serial (MUSC) controller, optical disk controller, physical layer (PLAYER) controller, programmable interrupt controller, programmable logic (PLC) controller, programmable wait state controller, random access memory buffer (RBC) controller, realtime controller, refresh controller, serial controller, serial communications (SCC) controller, servo controller, temperature controller, token bus (TBC) controller, universal serial (USC) controller, video display controller, voice memory address (VMAC) controller, wait state convection convection, coefficient of convection-cooled power supply [] convention convention, sign conventional current

conventional memory convergence convergence control convergence sublayer (CS) convergent lens convergent mirror converging output conversation conversation mode conversion conversion efficiency conversion rate conversion time conversion, code conversion, multi-slope conversion, recirculating remainder conversion, reverse converter converter, analog-to-digital (ADC) converter, analog-to-digital video converter, charge-balance converter, digital/analog (DAC) converter, flyback converter, forward converter, frequency converter, gray code converter, multiplying converter, processor signal converter, protocol converter, random access memory digital/analog(RAMDAC) converter, recursive-subranging converter, sampling converter, successive-approximation converter, true root-mean-square converter, video convex lens convex mirror conveyer conveyer belt convolution convolver

coolant cooler, cryogenic cooling curve cooling effect cooling fin coordinate coordinate system coordinate, absolute coordinate, rectangular coplanar coplanar force coplanarity coplanarity error copper beryllium, (BeCu) copper electroless, copper foil copper foil wire copper indium diselenide (CIS) copper interconnect copper wire copper zone copper, electroless copper-backed coplanar copper-clad iron wire copper-clad laminate coprocessor coprocessor absent coprocessor input (CPI) coprocessor, math copy copy generation management system (CGMS) copy-back cache cord cordless PBX cordless phone cordless telephone second generation plus (CT-2+) cordless telephone--first generation (CT-1) cordless telephone--second generation (CT-2) cordless terminal mobility (CTM) core core loss core processing system (CPS) core test language (CTL) core, deflection-yoke

core, ferrite core, iron powder corona discharge corona electrical discharge corona loss correction correction driver correction, error correction, error checking and (ECC) correction, frequency response corrective maintenance corrector, power factor (PFC) correlate correlated jitter correlation [] correlation, time corrosion corrosive flux , cosecant cosine cosine wave cosmic radiation cosmic ray cost effective cost, non-recurring engineering (NRE) cotangent coulomb (C) coulometer count, chip count, component count, gate countdown, binary counter counter clear counter electromotive-force counter force counter, address counter, binary counter, column counter, cycle counter, horizontal counter, horizontal direction counter, memory counter, synchronous binary counter, time base (TBC)

counter, universal counter, up/down counter, vertical counter, vertical direction counter, video signal detection couple coupled data line coupled, loosely coupled, tightly coupler coupler, acoustic coupler, broadband directional coupler, fused fiber coupler, photo- coupler, star coupler, token ring interface (TIC) coupling coefficient covalent bond coverage, fault crash crash, system crawling crazing cream solder printer creepage crest crimp criteria criteria, failure critical critical angle critical condition critical damping resistance (CDR) critical dimension critical isotherm critical mass critical node critical potential critical pressure critical temperature critical velocity critical volume critical, time cross cross assembler cross binary translator

cross brightness cross chrominance cross color cross contaminated cross interference cross luminance cross polarization cross section cross signal cross-connect cross-connection point cross-hair cross-modulation cross-regulation crossbar switch crosshatch crossover crossover current crossover distortion crossover error crossover loss crossover voltage crosspoint switch crosstalk crosstalk rejection crowbar circuit [] cryogenic cooler cryopump crypto analyst cryptographer cryptography crystal crystal diode crystal dislocation crystal lattice crystal, dichroic crystal, ferroelectric liquid (FLC) crystal, liquid (LC) crystal, quartz crystal-controlled oscillator crystalline state crystalline structure crystalline substance crystalline-silicon TFT TFT crystallography cubic cubic expansivity cubical expansion

cue cumulative capacity cumulative distribution function (CDF) cure cured curie curing curing cycle curing time current current bias generator current density current drive capability current intensity current limit resistor current limiter current mode current mode logic (CML) current monitoring switch current multiplier current rating current sensing current sensing resistor current sinking current sourcing current spreading effect current surge current, alternating (ac) current, back ripple current, bias current, clamp current, conventional current, crossover current, dark current, direct (dc) current, dynamic crossover current, eddy current, electric current, feedback current, foldback current, forward current, grid current, induced current, inducing current, input bias current, input offset current, lateral

current, leakage current, line current, nominal operating current, offset current, output current, output load current, photoelectric current, quiescent current, reflected ripple current, reverse current, reverse leak current, ripple current, secondary current, sinking current, thermionic current, three-phase alternating current, threshold current, transient current, trigger current, vertical current-bias generator current-feedback amplifier current-mode logic (CML) current-mode transmission current-monitoring switch current-sense amplifier current-sense input cursor cursor, hardware curtain curvature curvature, center of curvature, radius of curve tracer curve, calibration curve, caustic curve, cooling curve, fusion curve, learning curve, velocity curvilinear motion custom cell synthesis (ccs) (),() custom integrated circuit custom logic analysis & simulation system integrated circuit(CLASSIC)

custom, semi- customer information control system (CICS) customer network management (CNM) customer premises equipment (CPE) customer-specific integrated circuit (CSIC) customize customized application of mobile enhanced logic (CAMEL) cut-off voltage cut-through switching cutback cutoff cutoff frequency cutout ; cutting tool cyber attack cybernetics cyberpunk [] cyberspace , cycle counter cycle error cycle stealing cycle, burst cycle, bus cycle, design cycle, duty cycle, instruction cycle, interrupt acknowledge cycle, life cycle, mega- cycle, minor cycle, refresh cycle, write cycle-accurate model cycle-accurate model cycle-per-instruction (CPI) cycle-per-second (CPS) cyclic binary code cyclic polynomial sequence cyclic-redundancy check (CRC) cyclotron cylinder

cylinder surface indexing cylindrical lens C network C++ C++ C C-7 signaling C-7 C-message filter CAD CAM CD-I CD CD-audio CDCD CD-e CD CPU time CPU-intensive CTE mismatch (Cable Temination Equipment) CU-SeeMe videoconferencing CU-SeeMe Caller Identification Canadian Standards Association (CSA) CeBIT fair CeBIT Hannover) Cello Cello Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) Celsius Celsius scale Celsius thermometer Central Office Switches Centre European des Recherche Nucleaire (CERN) CERN Centre National d' Etudes de Telecommunication (CNET) centrex Channel Isolation Channel Uniformity China Productivity Center Chinese Microcomputer Extended Foundation (CMEX) Chinese Open Systems Association (COSA) Chinese binary Chinese character generator (CCG) Chinese system interface (CSI) Code, Taipei Computer Association (TCA Code) Colpitts oscillator

Commission, Federal Communications (FCC) Committee for Technical Activities (CAT) Committee, Advanced Television Systems (ATSC) Committee, British Electrotechnical (BEC) Committee, Japan Industrial Standards (JISC) Committee, System Performance Evaluation (SPEC) Computer and Communication Industries Association(CCIA) Computer and the Business Equipment Manufacturers Association(CBEMA) Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA) , Coordination Joint Committee on Inter-society, (JCIC) Council, Joint Electronic Device Engineering (JEDEC) Cross Point Switch Curie point Curie temperature Customer Premise Equipment C(capacitancecapacitor) CATV(cable television) CCD(charge-coupled device) CCTV(closed-circuit television) CMOS(complementary) MOS CPU(central processing unit) CS(control signal) CCD :charge coupled device () CLCC :Ceramic leadless chip carrier COB :chip-on-board

cps :centipoises() CSB :chip scale ball grid array BGA CSP :chip scale package CTE :coefficient of thermal expansion

D D-channel D D D-connector DC loop signaling (Dirrect Current) DC-restore amplifiers DNS security extensions DNS DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM) ,DSL DSP cores DSP Daemon UNIXInternet Damper Diode Daniel cell Daniel hygrometer Data Reorganization Interface Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Dellinger fade out Department of Defense (DoD) [ ] Diffie Hellman algorithm ( Digital Audiovisual Council (DAVIC) Digital Mockup DirecPC DirecPC DirecTV DirecTV Direct Conversion Doppler effect daisy chain daisy-wheel printer dam bar damp damp, over damp, under damped filter damped oscillation damped vibration damping factor

damping of galvanometer damping, coefficient of dark current dark fiber , dark line spectrum dark-trace screen data abstraction data access arrangement (DAA) data acquisition data acquisition board data acquisition system data address generator (DAG) data attribute data block data bus data bus transceiver data cache data carrier detect (DCD) data casting data center data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) data communication equipment (DCE) data communications data compression data compression protocol data definition language (DDL) data element data encryption data encryption algorithm data encryption standard data entry data fetch data field data flow data integrity data interchange data interchange format data interface data interface format (DIF) data link connection identifier (DLCI) data link layer data link switching data logger

data manipulation language (DML) data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) data over voice (DoV) data packet data path data path controller (DPC) data plane data processing data register data scrambling data security data segment header (DSH) data separator data sequence data service unit (DSU) data set data set ready (DSR) data sheet data source data station data structure data synthesis data terminal equipment (DTE) data tester data throughput data transfer data transfer bus data transfer rate data warehouse data, artwork data, behavioral data, calibration data, global data, local data, physical data, state data, structural data, sustained data, timing data-compression protocol data-path controller (DPC) data-path function data-transfer bus

database database administrator database management system (DBMS) database model database object cache database server database server object (DSO) database, device characteristics database, distribution database, memory-resident (MRD) database, relational databook datagram datagram-sensing multiple access (DSMA) datapath compiler dataphone digital service (DDS) datascope daughter board daughter nucleus dc filter dc holdover dc isolation dc offset de facto standard de-emphasis de-energize deactivate dead band dead time dead zone dead-end deadlock deaeration deblurring debug debugger debugger, source code debugger, symbolic deca- decay characteristic decay constant decay, exponential decay, radioactive

decelerating electrode deceleration deci- decibel (dB) decimal decimal point decimal, binary-coded (BCD) decimeter (dm) decipher decipherer decision feedback equalization (DFE) decision mechanism decision rule decision support system (DSS) decision table declination angle declination, magnetic decode decode, instruction decoder decoder, address decoder, function decoder, tone decoding decollate decompile decompression decouple decrement decrement address pointer decrement instruction dedicated line deep discharge deep sub-micron default default setting default value defect defect, zero defined, user- definition, behavioral definition, high definition, physical definition, structural deflection deflection angle deflection coil

deflection factor deflection magnetometer deflection, electrostatic deflection, full-scale deflection-yoke core defocusing deformation deformation, mechanical deformation, plastic defuzzication degassing degaussing degradation failure degraded minute (DM) degree degree of freedom dehumidifier deionized (DI) deionized water delamination delay delay equalizer delay flip-flop delay line delay path delay, access delay, cable skew delay, node delay, on-chip delay, path delay, plug delay, propagation delay, timing delay, transition time delayed sweep delete delimiter delink delta connection delta connector delta modulation delta-sigma delta-sigma modulating demagnetization demand factor demand paged demand paged virtual memory demand protocol architecture (DPA)

demand, dynamic power-on- (DPD) demand, power-on- (PoD) demand-paged virtual memory demodulation demodulator demodulator, servo demorgan transformation demultiplex demultiplexer dendritic growth dense WDM (D-WDM) WDM, densitometer densitometer, optical density density, charge density, current density, double (DD) density, energy density, flux density, high (HD) density, magnetic flux density, packing density, relative density, single (SD) density, vapor density, very high (VHD) depanel PCB dependency notation dependent dependent variable dependent, hardware- dependent, machine- depletion depletion layer depletion region depolarization deposit, radioactive deposition deposition rate deposition, chemical vacuum thin-film deposition, chemical vapor (CVD) deposition, high-pressure chemical vapor (HPCVD) deposition, ion-assisted deposition, low-pressure chemical vapor (LPCVD)

deposition, physical vapor (PVD) deposition, ultra-high vacuum physical vapor (UHVPVD) depth, apparent depth, junction depth, penetration depth, real derating factor derivative control derived quantity derived unit descendant node description description language description, behavioral description, logic descriptor descriptor register descriptor, interrupt desensitization deserialize design analysis design automation design by contract (DBC) design cycle design element design for assembly design for experiment (DFX) , design maturing testing (DMT) design methodology design of experiment (DOE) design partitioning , design reuse design rule check (DRC) design simulation design source file (DSF) design verification testing (DVT) design, architecture design, circuit design, computer-aided (CAD) design, logic design-for-manufacturability (DFM) design-for-testability (DFT)

desired value desktop computer desktop publishing system desktop video desktop videoconferencing desmear desmearing desoldering destination operand destructive interference destructive physical analysis (DPA) destructive read destructive testing detach map detailed model detect, break detect, carrier detect, data carrier (DCD) detect, power fail (PFD) detectable failure detection detection circuitry detection, broadband detection, collision (CD) detection, local injection and (LID) detection, phase detection, state detection, trigger detection, voice activity (VAD) detector detector, edge-trigger phase and frequency detector, frequency detector, null detector, phase detector, phase-locked (PLD) detector, quench detector, resistance temperature (RTD) deterministic deuterium (D) development cycle development system deviation angle deviation distortion

deviation sensitivity , deviation, angular deviation, frequency modulation deviation, minimum deviation, standard device device characteristics database device driver device editor device matching device programmable-system, (PSD) device simulation device template device template library device trigger device, charge-injection (CID) device, charged coupled (CCD) device, clamping device, clock distribution device, clock recovery (CRD) device, digital device, erasable programmable logic (EPLD) device, extended device, fine pitch (FPD) device, fuse programmable logic device, hermetic device, hybrid device, input device, linear device, master device, memory device, message-based device, multiple bus master device, output device, piezoelectric device, programmable logic (PLD) device, receiving device, register-based device, static-sensitive device, surface-mounted, (SMD)

device, symmetric self electro-optic effect (S-SEED) device, telephone answering (TAD) device, transmitting device-independent device-template library device-under-test (DUT) dew point dew-point hygrometer dewetting diagnostic routine diagnostic, functional diagnostics diagnostics, power-on diagnostics, self- diagonal diagram, block diagram, flow diagram, logical diagram, timing dial dial on demand dial tone dial-up line dialback dialer, automatic dialing pulse dialog dialup service diamagnetic substance diamagnetism diaphragm diatonic scale dichloroethane dichroic crystal dichroism dicode die die bonder die bonding die separation die sorter die stacking dielectric dielectric constant dielectric displacement dielectric isolation (DI) dielectric isolation process

dielectric isolation substrate dielectric layer dielectric loss dielectric phase angle dielectric phase difference dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO) dielectric strength dielectric, polarization of dielectric, sheet dielectric-isolated complementary metal oxide semiconductor (DICMOS) dielectric-isolation substrate difference detector difference, dielectric phase difference, electric potential difference, frequency difference, phase difference, potential (PD) difference, potential energy difference, temperature difference, vector differential Manchester code differential amplifier differential binary phase-shift keying differential circuit differential encoding differential gain differential input differential linearity (DL) differential modulation differential nonlinearity (DNL) differential phase differential phase shift keying (DPSK) differential phase shift-keyed modulator differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM) differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK) differential relay differential transducer differential transformer differentiating network differentiator

diffraction diffuse reflection diffused base transistor diffused infrared diffused isolation diffused junction transistor diffused resistor diffuser diffusion diffusion amplifier diffusion barrier diffusion layer digerati digital bit stream , digit digit, least significant (LSD) digit, most significant (MSD) digital digital AMPS (D-AMPS) (Andvanced Mobile Phone Service) digital MMDS digital TV decoder digital TV tuner digital VCR digital access signaling system (DASS) digital access signaling system 2 (DASS 2) 2 digital audio digital audio tape (DAT) digital audio-tape system (DAT) digital baseband chip digital bit rate digital cellular digital circuit digital compact cassette system (DCC) digital compact cassette tape digital compression digital computer digital cordless telephony digital cross-connect system (DXC) digital data communications message protocol (DDCMP) digital device

digital display digital filter digital gate digital light processing (DLP) digital link digital loop carrier (DIC) digital microprocessor plotting language (DM/PL) digital microwave link digital monitor digital multimeter (DMM) digital network digital network architecture (DNA) digital optical processor digital oscilloscope digital pair-gain system digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) digital phosphor oscilloscope (DPO) digital potentiometer digital private branch exchange digital private network signaling system (DPNSS) digital recorder digital reference signal digital satellite system (DSS) digital seal digital set-top box digital signal microprocessor digital signal processing (DSP) digital signal processor digital signal processor (DSP) digital signature digital simulation digital speech interpolation (DSI) digital still camera digital still-picture camera (DSC) digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) digital subscriber line (DSL) digital switch

digital switching digital synthesis digital system interface (DSI) digital television (DTV) digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) , digital transmission digital transmission content protection (DTCP) digital trunk interface digital tuning system (DTS) digital video digital video interactive (DVI) digital video silicon recorder (DVSR) digital voltmeter (DVM) digital/analog (D/A) digital/analog converter (DAC) digitally corrected subranging (DCS) digitizer digitizing camera system (DCS) dilatant , dilation dilation, time dilute dimension dimensional analysis dimensional, one (1-D) dimensional, three (3-D) dimensional, two (2-D) diode diode alternating-current switch (DIAC) diode capacitor diode characteristic diode clamp diode drop diode equivalent diode matrix diode, Schottky-barrier double rectifier diode, Zener diode, blocking diode, common cathode double

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direct memory access controller (DMAC) direct memory access request direct modulation direct numerical control (DNC) direct outward dialing (DOD) [ ] direct sequence CDMA (DS-CDMA) direct single-bit serial-scan path direct stream digital (DSD) direct test direct-beam infrared direct-coupled transistor logic (DCTL) direct-coupling amplifier direct-current (dc) direct-current amplifier direct-current generator direct-current motor direct-current power supply direct-mapped direct-mapped cache direct-sequence spread spectrum direction discriminator directional antenna directional coupler directive directivity directly mapped cache directory directory access protocol (DAP) directory system protocol (DSP) disable disassemble disassembly, packet assembly/ (PAD) disc spindle motor disc, compact (CD) discharge discharge circuit discharge frequency discharge potential discharge rate

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