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Electronic engineering

Electronic engineering is an engineering discipline focused on the design, fabrication, testing and operation of circuits, electronic components, devices, and systems.

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Air

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The mixture of gases that constitutes the earth's atmosphere and figures prominently in the manufacture and operation of numerous electronic devices. By volume, air contains about 21 percent oxygen, ...

Dot movement pattern

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The movement of the red, green, and blue dots on the screen of a colour television picture tube as the red, green, and blue magnets and the lateral magnet are adjusted for convergence of the dots at ...

Cyclic shift

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The moving of data out of one end of a storage register and reentering it character-by-character or bit-by-bit at the other end in a closed loop (e.g., 87654 cyclically shifted one place to the right ...

Cylindrical contour

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The most common curvature of the face of a magnetic tape recording head; it is a section of a cylinder having a constant radius of 0.5 inch to 1 inch.

Crippled mode

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The mode of operation for a computer or other hardware in which some of the components are inoperable. Compare graceful degradation.

Daylight effect

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The modification of transmission paths during the day because of ionisation of the upper atmosphere by solar radiation.

Dual modulation

Engineering; Electronic engineering

The modulation of a single carrier or subcarrier by two different types of modulation— each carrying different information.

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