TERMINOLOGY of ELECTRONICS

1.AM: Amplitude Modulation
2.AND: digital logical gate
3.ATV: Advanced television
4.CAD: Computer Aided Design
5.CB radio: amateur mobile radio system
6.CD: Compact Disc
7.CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
8.CPU: Central Processing Unit
9.CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
10.DAC: Digital to Analog Converter
11.DCC: Digital Compact Cassette
12.Dolby: common audio noise reduction system
13.EMF: Electromagnetic Force
14.EQ: Equalization
15.FAX: facsimile
16.FET: Field Effect Transistor
17.GHz: Gigahertz
18.Hz: cycle per second
19.IC: Integrated Circuit
20.I/O: Input/Output
21.ISD: Integrated Service Digital
22.ISDN: Integrated Services Digital-Network
23.LAN: Local Area Network
24.LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
25.LDR: Light Dependent Resistor
26.LED: Light Emitted Diode
27.LF: Low Frequency
28.LP: Long Playing
29.LSI: Large Scale Integration
30.MD: Mini Disc
31.MF: Medium Frequency
32.MSC: Medium Switching Center
33.MSI: Medium Scale Integration
34.NAND: digital logical gate
35.NiCad: (Nickel Cadmium) chemical used in some batteries
36.NOT: digital logical gate
37.NPN: (transistor) type of transistor made of a thin layer of P-type semiconductor material between two thicker layers of N-type semiconductor material
38.PCB: Printed Circuit Board
39.PCM: Pulse Code Modulation
40.PN: (junction) surface where a layer of N-type and a layer of P-type semiconductor meet
41.PNP: (transistor) type of transistor made of a thin layer of N-type semiconductor material between two thicker layers of P-type semiconductor material
42.PSTN: Public Switching Telephone Network
43.S/N: ratio signal to noise ratio
44.SSI: Small Scale Integration
45.THD: Total Harmonic Distortion
46.TTL: transistor-transistor logic
47.VCR: Video Cassette Recorder
48.VDU: Visual Display Unit (computer terminal with a video screen)
49.VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
50.VU: Volume Unit