The faithful reproduction of a signal. The accuracy with which a system reproduces a signal at its output that faithfully maintains the essential characteristics of the input signal. The degree to whi [..]

A term used to describe the total force exerted by an action-at-a-distance phenomenon such as gravity upon matter, electric charges acting upon electric charges, and magnetic forces acting upon other [..]

[FPGA] A type of user programmable gate array. See Programmable Logic Terms and Definitions for an enhanced definition. Also refer to Manufacturers of Programmable Logic Devices.

The magnitude of an electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field at a given point.

A buffer. A register or type of Memory. See First-In First-Out.

The cathode of a thermionic tube, usually a wire or ribbon, which is heated by current passing through it. Also refer to the listing on Vacuum Tube. A thin wire used to emit light in an Incandescent l [..]

A high-capacity disk storage device or a computer that each computer on a network can use or access and retrieve files that can be shared among attached computers.

Conductive or non-conductive material deposited on a glass or ceramic substrate. Used for passive circuit components, resistors, and capacitors.

Any capacitor that is used to smooth out or filter voltage variations on a line. When used across the power nodes of an IC the filter capacitor is called a By-pass capacitor because the capacitor is s [..]

A software program which is permanently stored in Non-Volatile Memory [ROM]. Software that is embedded in a hardware device that allows reading and executing the software, but does not allow modificat [..]