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AAS
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Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
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ABS
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Antilock Braking System.
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AC
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Alternating Current.
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ACM
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Association for Computing Machinery.
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ACS
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American Chemical Society.
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A/D
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Analog to Digital.
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ADC
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Analog to Digital Converter.
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ADO
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ActiveX Data Objects.
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ADSL
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Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line.
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ADT
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Abstract Data Type.
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AEM
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Analytical Electron Microscopy.
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AES
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Auger Emission Spectroscopy.
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AFC
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Automatic Frequency Control.
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AFM
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Atomic Force Microscopy.
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AGC
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Automatic Gain Control.
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AI
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Artificial Intelligence.
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AIChE
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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ALCVD
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Atomic Layer Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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ALD
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Atomic Layer Deposition.
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ALE
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Atomic Layer Epitaxy.
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ALGOL
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Algorithmic Oriented Language.
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ALU
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Arithmetic Logic Unit.
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AM
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Amplitude Modulation.
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AMPS
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Advanced Mobile Phone Service.
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AMU
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Atomic Mass Unit.
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ANSI
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American National Standard Institute.
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APD
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Avalanche Photodiode.
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API
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Application Program Interface.
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APCVD
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Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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APS
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American Physical Society.
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ARPA
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Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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ASA
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American Standards Association.
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ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Exchange.
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ASIC
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Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
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ASK
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Amplitude Shift Keying.
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ASME
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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ASP
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Active Server Pages.
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials.
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AT&T
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American Telegraph and Telephony.
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ATE
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Automated Test Equipment.
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ATM
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode./ Automated Teller Machine.
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AWG
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American Wire Gauge.
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BCD
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Binary Coded Decimal.
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BCS
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Bardeen, Cooper and Schieffer Theory of Superconductivity.
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BER
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Bit Error Rate.
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BiCMOS
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Bipolar Complementary Oxide Semiconductor.
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BGA
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Ball Grid Array.
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BIOS
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Basic Input/Output System.
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BJT
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Bipolar Junction Transistor.
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BLOG
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Web Log.
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BNC
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Bayonet Normalized Connector.
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BOE
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Buffered Oxide Etchant.
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BPSG
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Borophosphosilicate Glass.
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BSEE
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Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering.
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BSI
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British Standards Institute.
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BTE
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Boltzmann Transport Equation.
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BW
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Bandwidth.
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CAD
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ComputerAided Design.
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CAE
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ComputerAided Engineering.
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CAM
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ComputerAided Manufacturing.
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CAN
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Controller Area Network.
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CAPS
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Computerassisted Problem Solving.
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CASE
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ComputerAided Software Engineering.
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CAT
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Computerized Axial Tomography./ ComputerAided Testing.
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CATV
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Cable Television.
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CB
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Citizens Band.
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CBGA
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Ceramic Ball Grid Array.
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CCD
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Charged Coupled Devices.
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CCNA
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Cisco Certified Network Associate.
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CCTV
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Closed Circuit Television.
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CD
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Compact Disc.
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CDF
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Cumulative Distribution Function.
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CDMA
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Code Division Multiple Access.
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CFC
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Chlorofluorocarbon.
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CGA
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Color Graphics Adapter.
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CGI
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Common Gateway Interface.
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CHMOD
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Change Mode.
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CIE
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ComputerIntegrated Engineering.
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CIM
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ComputerIntegrated Manufacturing.
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CIO
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Chief Information Officer.
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CISC
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Complex Instruction Set Computer.
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CLK
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Clock.
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CMOS
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Complementary Oxide Semiconductor.
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CMRR
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CommonMode Rejection Ratio.
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CNA
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Computer Networks Administration.
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CNR
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Carrier to Noise Ratio.
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COBOL
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Common BusinessOriented Language.
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CODEC
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Coder/Decoder.
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CPU
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Central Processing Unit.
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CRT
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Cathode Ray Tube.
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CSA
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Canadian Standards Association.
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CSS
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Cascaded Style Sheets.
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CTCP
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ClienttoClient Protocol.
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CV
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CapacitanceVoltage.
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CVD
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Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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CW
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Continuous Wave.
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D/A
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Digital to Analog.
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DAB
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Digital Audio Broadcasting.
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DAC
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DigitaltoAnalog Converter.
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DARPA
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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DAS
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Direct Absorption Spectroscopy.
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dB
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Decibel.
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DBMS
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Database Management System.
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DC
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Direct Current.
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DCN
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Data Communications Network.
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DeMUX
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Demultiplexer.
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DFT
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Discrete Fourier Transform.
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DHTML
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Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language.
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DLL
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Dynamic Link Library (Windows).
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DIL
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Dual Inline.
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DIP
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Dual inline Package.
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DLTS
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Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy.
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DMA
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DirectMemory Access.
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DMM
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Digital Multimeter.
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DMOS
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Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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DMS
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Data Management System.
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DNA
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
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DNS
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Domain Naming System.
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DOS
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Disk Operating System.
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DPDT
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Double Pole Double Throw Switch.
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DPI
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Dots per Inch.
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DRC
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Design Rule Check.
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DRAM
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Dynamic Random Access Memory.
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DSL
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Digital Subscriber Line.
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DSP
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Digital Signal Processing.
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DTA
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Differential Thermal Analysis.
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DTL
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DiodeTransistor Logic.
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DUT
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Device Under Test.
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DVD
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Digital Video Disk.
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DVM
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Digital Voltmeter.
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EBL
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ElectronBeam Lithography.
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ECAD
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Electronic ComputerAided Design.
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ECC
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Error Correction Coding.
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ECG
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Electro CardioGram.
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ECL
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EmitterCoupled Logic.
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ECN
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Electronics Communication Network.
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EDA
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Electronic Design Automation.
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EDI
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Electronic Data Interchange.
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EEPROM
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Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
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EGA
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Enhanced Graphics Adapter.
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ELF
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Extremely Low Frequency.
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EIA
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Electronic Industry Association.
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EM
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ElectroMagnetic.
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EMC
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Electromagnetic Compatibility.
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EMF
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ElectroMotive Force.
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EMI
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Electromagnetic Interference.
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EMR
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Electromagnetic Radiation.
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EOF
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End of File.
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EOS
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Electrical OverStress.
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency.
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EPROM
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Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
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ERC
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European Radio Commission.
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ERP
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Effective Radiated Power.
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ESD
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Electrostatic Discharge.
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ESH
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Environment, Safety and Health.
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EUT
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Equipment Under Test.
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FA
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Failure Analysis.
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FAX
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Facsimile.
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FC
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Flip Chip.
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FCC
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Federal Communications Commission.
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FDMA
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Frequency Division Multiple Access.
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FET
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Field Effect Transistor.
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FFT
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Fast Fourier Transform.
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FIFO
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FirstIn, FirstOut.
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FPD
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Flat Panel Display.
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FPGA
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Field Programmable Gate Array.
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FPLA
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Field Programmable Logic Array.
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FM
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Frequency Modulation.
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FSG
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Fused Silica Glass.
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FSK
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FrequencyShift Keying.
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FSM
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Finite State Machine.
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FT
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Fourier Transform.
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol.
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FZ
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Float Zone.
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Ga
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Gallium.
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GaAs
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Gallium Arsenide.
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GaP
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Gallium Phosphide.
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GAL
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Gate Array Logic.
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GFA
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Gas Fusion Analysis.
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GFCI
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Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.
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GHz
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GigaHertz
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GIF
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Graphics Interchange Format.
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GPS
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Global Positioning System.
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GSCE
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Gas Source Control Equipment.
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GSM
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Global Standard for Mobile.
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GTO
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Gate Turnoff Transistor.
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface.
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HBM
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Human Body Model.
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HBT
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Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor.
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HCT
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Highspeed CMOS TTL compatible
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HCMOS
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Highdensity Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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HD
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High Density.
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HDD
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High Density Disk.
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HDL
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Hardware Description Language.
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HDTV
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High Definition Television.
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HEMT
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High Electron Mobility Transistor.
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HEX
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Hexadecimal.
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HF
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High Frequencies.
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HLL
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Highlevel Language.
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HMIC
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Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit.
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HTML
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HyperText Markup Language
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HTO
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High Temperature Oxidation.
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HTTP
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HyperText Transfer Protocol.
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HV
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High Voltage.
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HVAC
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Heating, ventilating and air conditioning.
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HVDC
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HighVoltage DirectCurrent.
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IBM
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International Business Machines corporation.
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IC
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Integrated Circuit.
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ICP
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InductivelyCoupled Plasma.
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IE
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Internet Explorer.
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IDE
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Integrated Drive Electronics (Interface).
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IDL
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Interface Definition Language.
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IEC
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International Electrotechnical Commission.
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IEE
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Institute of Electrical Engineers.
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IEEE
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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IF
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Intermediate Frequency.
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IGBT
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Insulatedgate Bipolar Transistor.
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IGFET
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Insulatedgate Field Effect Transistor.
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IMPATT
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Impact Avalanche and Transit Time Diode.
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IMS
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Ion Mobility Spectroscopy.
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INA
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Integrated Network Architecture.
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I/O
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Input/Output.
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IP
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Internet Protocol.
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IR
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Instruction Register.
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IS
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Information Systems.
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ISA
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Instrumentation Society of America.
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ISDN
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Integrated Services Digital Network.
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ISO
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International Standards Organization.
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider.
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ISS
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Ion Scattering Spectroscopy.
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ITO
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Indiumtin Oxide.
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ITU
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International Telecommunications Union.
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JEDEC
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Joint Electron Device Engineering Council.
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JFET
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Junction Field Effect Transistor.
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JJT
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Josephson Junction Transistor.
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JPEG
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Joint Photographic Experts Group image format. (aka. JPG)
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JSP
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Java Server Pages.
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JTC
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Joint Technical Comitee.
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JVD
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Jet Vapor Deposition.
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KB
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Kilobytes.
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KC
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Kinematic Coupling.
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kbps
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Kilo Bits per Second.
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KCL
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Kirchhoff's Current Law.
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KeV
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Kilo electron volt.
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Kilo
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One thousand.
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KV
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Kilovolt.
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KVL
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Kirchhoff's Voltage Law.
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LAN
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Local Area Network.
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LANL
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Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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LAOS
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LightAmplifying Optical Switch.
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LASER
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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
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LAT
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Local Area Transport.
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LC
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InductanceCapacitance.
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LCD
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Liquid Crystal Display.
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LDD
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Lightly Doped Drain.
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LDMOS
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Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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LDR
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Light Dependent Resistor.
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LED
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Light Emitting Diode.
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LF
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Laminar Flow./ Low Frequency.
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LI
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Laser Interferometry.
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LIC
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Linear Integrated Circuit.
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LIDAR
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Light Detection and Ranging technology.
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LIFO
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Lastin, Firstout.
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LIMS
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LaserInduced Mass Spectrometry.
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LNA
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Low Noise Amplifier.
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LO
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Local Oscillator.
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LOCOS
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Local Oxidation of Silicon.
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LPCVD
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Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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LPE
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LiquidPhase Epitaxy.
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LPR
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Laser Plasma Reflectometer.
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LRS
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Laser Raman Spectroscopy.
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LSB
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Least Significant Bit.
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LSI
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Large Scale Integration.
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LTCVD
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Low Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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LTO
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Low Temperature Oxide (or Oxidation).
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LVS
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Layout Verification of Schematic.
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MAN
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Metropolitan Area Network.
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MAR
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Memory Address Register.
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MASER
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Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
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MBE
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Molecular Beam Epitaxy.
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MCM
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MultiChip Module.
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MCT
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Mercury Cadmium Telluride.
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MCU
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Microprocessor Control Unit.
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MCVD
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Modified (Metal) Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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MD
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Molecular Dynamics.
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MDR
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Memory Data Register.
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MEMS
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Micro ElectroMechanical Systems.
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MESFET
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Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.
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MHT
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Mechanical Handling Test.
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MHz
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Megahertz.
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MIC
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Microwave (Monolithic) Integrated Circuit.
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Micro
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10E6.
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MIDI
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Musical Instruments Digital Interface.
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MIE
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Magnetron Ion Etching.
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MIL
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U.S. Military.
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MILSTD
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Military Standard.
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Milli
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10E3.
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MIM
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MetalInsulatorMetal.
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MIME
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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension.
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MIPS
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Million Instructions per Second.
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MIS
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MetalInsulator Semiconductor.
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MISFET
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MetalInsulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.
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MIT
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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MLM
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Multilevel Marketing./ Multilevel Metal.
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MMIC
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Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit.
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MMW
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MilliMeter Waves.
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MNOS
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MetalNitrideOxide Semiconductor.
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MOCVD
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Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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MODEM
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Modulator/Demodulator.
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MODFET
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Modulation Doped Field Effect Transistor.
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MOS
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Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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MOSC
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Metal Oxide Semiconductor Capacitor.
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MOSFET
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Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor.
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MOV
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Metal Oxide Varistor.
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MPEG
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Motion Picture Experts Group.
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MPU
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Micro Processor Unit.
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MQW
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Multiple Quantum Well.
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MRI
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
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MRS
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Materials Research Society.
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MSB
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Most Significant Bit.
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MSEE
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Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering.
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MSI
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Medium Scale Integration.
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MSK
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Minimum Shift Keying.
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MTBA
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Mean Time Between Assists.
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MTBF
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Mean Time Before Failure.
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MTF
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Modulation Transfer Function.
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MTS
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Mobile Telephone System./ Material Tracking Standard.
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MTTF
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Mean Time to Failure.
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MTTR
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Mean Time to Repair.
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MUX
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Multiplexer.
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MW
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Molecular Weight.
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NA
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Numerical Aperture.
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NAND
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NotAND (Logic Gate).
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Nano
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10E9.
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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NBS
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National Bureau of Standards.
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NCS
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Network Communication Standard.
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NEC
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National Electric Code.
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NEMA
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National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
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NESC
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National Electrical Safety Code.
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NEXT
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NearEnd Crosstalk.
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NiCad
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NickelCadmium (battery).
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NIRA
|
Near Infrared Reflection Analysis.
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NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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NMOS
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NChannel Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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NMR(I)
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Imaging).
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NOR
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NotOR (Logic Gate).
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NRZ
|
Non Return to Zero.
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NRZI
|
Non Return to Zero Inverted.
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NSF
|
National Science Foundation.
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NTC
|
Negative Temperature Coefficient.
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NTSC
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National Television Systems Committee.
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NVRAM
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NonVolatile Random Access Memory.
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OBL
|
Object Based Language.
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OCR
|
Optical Carrier (Character) Recognition.
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ODBC
|
Open Database Connectivity.
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OEIC
|
OptoElectronic Integrated Circuit.
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OEM
|
Original Equipment Manufacturer.
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OES
|
Optical Emission Spectroscopy.
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OLE
|
Object Linking and Embedding.
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OLED
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Organic Light Emitting Diode.
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OMA
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Object Management Architecture.
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OMVPE
|
Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy.
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ONU
|
Optical Network Unit.
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OOP
|
Object Oriented Programming.
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Op Amp
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Operational Amplifier.
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OQPSK
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Offset Quad Phone Shift Keying.
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OS
|
Operating System.
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OSG
|
Organosilicate Glass.
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OSI
|
Open System Interconnection.
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OTDR
|
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer.
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OTF
|
Optical Transfer Function.
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P
|
Phosphorous.
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PAC
|
Photoactive compound.
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PAL
|
Programmable Array Logic.
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PAM
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Pulse Amplitude Modulation.
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PBA
|
Printed Board Assembly.
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PBGA
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Plastic Ball Grid Array.
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PC
|
Personal Computer/ Program Counter.
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PCAD
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Packaging ComputerAided Design.
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PCB
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Printed Circuit Board.
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PCI
|
Protocol Control Information/ Peripheral Components Interconnect.
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PCM
|
Pulse Code Modulation.
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PCS
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Personal Communication Services.
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PCVD
|
Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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PDA
|
Personal Digital Assistant.
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PDF
|
Probability Density Function. / Portable Document Format.
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PDMA
|
Polarization Division Multiple Access.
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PDN
|
Public Data Network.
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PECVD
|
Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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PGA
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Pin Grid Array.
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PHP
|
Personal Home Page.
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PIC
|
Peripheral Interface Controller.
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PIN
|
Personal Identification Number.
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PIV
|
Peak Inverse Voltage.
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PLA
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Programmable Logic Array.
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PLC
|
Programmable Logic Controller.
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PLD
|
Programmable Logic Device.
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PLL
|
Phase Locked Loop.
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PMOS
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pChannel Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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PMT
|
Photomultiplier Tube.
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PNG
|
Portable Networks Graphics image format.
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POTS
|
Plain Old Telephone Service.
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PPM
|
Pulse Position Modulation.
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ppm
|
Parts Per Million.
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PRB
|
Pseudo Random Binary.
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PROM
|
Programmable Read Only Memory.
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PSI
|
Pounds per square inch.
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PSDN
|
Packet Switched Data Network.
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PSG
|
Phosphosilicate Glass
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PSK
|
Phase Shift Keying.
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PSTN
|
Public Service Telephone Network.
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PTC
|
Positive Temperature Coefficient.
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PTM
|
Pulse Time Modulation.
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PVA
|
Polyvinylacetate.
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PVC
|
Polyvinylchloride.
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PVD
|
Physical Vapor Deposition.
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PWB
|
Printed Wiring Board.
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PWM
|
Pulse Width Modulation.
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QA
|
Quality Assurance.
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QAM
|
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
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QC
|
Quality Control
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QFP
|
Quad Flat Pack.
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QFT
|
Quantum Field Theory.
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QHE
|
Quantum Hall Effect
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QMS
|
Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer.
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QPSK
|
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying.
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QSR
|
Quality System Review.
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QW
|
Quantum Well.
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R&D
|
Research and Development.
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RADAR
|
Radio Detection and Ranging.
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RAM
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Random Access Memory.
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RBS
|
Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy.
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RC
|
ResistorCapacitor.
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RDBMS
|
Relational Database Management System.
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RDRAM
|
Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory.
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RF
|
Radio Frequency.
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RFC
|
Radio Frequency Choke.
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RFI
|
Radio Frequency Interference.
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RFIC
|
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit.
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RFID
|
Radio Frequency IDentification.
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RH
|
Relative Humidity.
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RIE
|
Reactive Ion Etching.
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RISC
|
Reduced Instruction Set Computer.
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RLC
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ResistorInductorCapacitor.
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RMS
|
RootMeanSquare.
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rpm
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Revolutions per Minute.
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ROM
|
Readonly Memory.
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RSE
|
Reactive Sputter Etching.
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RTA
|
Rapid Thermal Anneal.
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RTCVD
|
Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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RTF
|
Rich Text Format.
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RTL
|
ResistorTransistor Logic.
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RTO
|
Rapid Thermal Oxidation.
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RTP
|
Rapid Thermal Processing.
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RZ
|
Return to Zero.
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S
|
Sulfur.
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SA
|
Surface Area.
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SAE
|
Society of Automotive Engineers.
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SAM
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Scanning Auger (Acoustic) Microscopy.
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SATCOM
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Satellite Communications.
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SAW
|
Surface Acoustic Wave.
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SCR
|
Silicon Controlled Rectifier.
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SCSI
|
Small Computer Standard Interface.
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SDH
|
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy.
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SDLC
|
Synchronous Data Link Control.
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SDRAM
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Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
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SEM
|
Surface Electron Microscopy.
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SEMI
|
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute.
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SEO
|
Search Engine Optimization.
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SHPE
|
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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SHTML
|
ServerSide Include Hypertext Markup Language.
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SiGe
|
SiliconGermanium.
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SIMS
|
Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy.
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SINAD
|
Signal Noise and Distortion.
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SIP
|
Single Inline Package.
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SMA
|
SubMiniature A Connector.
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SMC
|
Surfacemounted Components.
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SMD
|
Surfacemounted Device.
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SMT
|
Surface Mount Technology.
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SNAP
|
SubNetwork Access Protocol.
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SNL
|
Sandia National Laboratory.
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SNR
|
SignaltoNoise Ratio.
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SoC
|
System on a Chip.
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SOI
|
Silicon on Insulator.
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SOIC
|
SmallOutline Integrated Circuit.
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SONET
|
Synchronous Optical Network.
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SOS
|
Silicon on Saphire.
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SPARC
|
Scalable Processor Architecture.
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SPC
|
Statistical Process Control.
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SPDT
|
Single Pole Double Throw Switch.
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SPE
|
Solid Phase Epitaxy.
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SPIE
|
International Society of Optical Engineering.
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SPICE
|
Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis.
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SPM
|
Scanning Probe Microscopy.
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SPST
|
Single Pole Single Throw Switch.
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SQC
|
Statistical Quality Control.
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SQL
|
Structured Query Language.
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SR
|
Shift Register.
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SRAM
|
Static Random Access Memory.
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SS
|
Spread Spectrum.
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SSB
|
Single Sideband.
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SSI
|
Small Scale Integration.
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SSL
|
Secure Sockets Layer.
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STDIN
|
Standard Input.
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STDOUT
|
Standard Output.
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STM
|
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.
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STP
|
Secure Transfer Protocol./ Shielded Twisted Pair (cable)./ Standard Temperature and Pressure.
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SUT
|
System Under Test.
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SWAT
|
Software Action Team.
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SWR
|
Standing Wave Ratio.
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SYNC
|
Synchronous.
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TCAD
|
Technology ComputerAided Design.
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TCM
|
Tunneling Current Microscopy./ Trellis Coded Modulation.
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TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
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TCE
|
Temperature Coefficient of Expansion.
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TCM
|
Tunneling Current Microscopy.
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TDM
|
Time Division Multiplex.
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TDMA
|
Time Division Multiple Access.
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TDR
|
Time Domain Reflectometry.
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TE
|
Transverse Electric.
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TEM
|
Tunneling Electron Microscopy./ Transverse ElectroMagnetic.
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TEOS
|
Tetraethoxysilane.
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TFT
|
Thin Film Transistor.
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THD
|
Total Harmonic Distortion.
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TIF
|
Tagged Image File image format (aka. TIFF)
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TTL
|
TransistorTransistor Logic.
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TM
|
Transverse Magnetic.
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TO
|
Transistor Outline Package.
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TOF
|
Time of Flight.
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TQM
|
Total Quality Management.
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TSOP
|
Thin Small Outline Package.
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TVS
|
Transient Voltage Suppression.
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TWT
|
Traveling Wave Tube.
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UART
|
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter.
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UHF
|
Ultra High Frequency.
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UHV
|
Ultra High Vacuum.
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UI
|
User Interface.
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UID
|
User Identification.
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UJT
|
UniJunction Transistor.
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UL
|
Underwriters Laboratories.
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ULSI
|
Ultra Large Scale Integration.
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UNI
|
User to Network Interface.
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UPC
|
Universal Product Code.
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UPS
|
Uninterruptible Power Supply.
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URL
|
Uniform Resource Locator.
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USART
|
Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter.
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USB
|
Universal Serial Bus.
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USOP
|
Ultrasmall Outline Package.
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USRD
|
User System Requirement Document.
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UTP
|
Unshielded Twisted Pair.
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UUT
|
Unit Under Test.
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UV
|
Ultraviolet.
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VAR
|
VoltAmpere Reactive.
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VCA
|
VoltageControlled Amplifier.
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VCO
|
VoltageControlled Oscillator.
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VCR
|
Video Cassette Recorder.
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VGA
|
Variable Gain Amplifier./ Video Graphics Adapter.
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VHF
|
Very High Frequency.
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VHDL
|
VHSIC Hardware Description Language.
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VHSIC
|
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit.
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VHS
|
Video Home System.
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VLF
|
Vertical Laminar Flow.
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VLSI
|
Very Large Scale Integration.
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VM
|
Virtual Machine.
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VMOS
|
Vgroove Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
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VMS
|
Virtual Memory System.
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VPD
|
Vapor Phase Deposition.
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VPE
|
Vapor Phase Epitaxy.
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VRAM
|
Video Random Access Memory.
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VRML
|
Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
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VSAT
|
Very Small Aperture Terminal. (satellite communications)
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VSB
|
Vestigial Sideband.
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VSWR
|
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio.
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VTVM
|
Vacuum Tube Voltmeter.
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W
|
Tungsten.
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W3
|
World Wide Web.
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W3C
|
World Wide Web Consortium.
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WAN
|
Wide Area Network.
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WDM
|
Wavelength Division Multiplex.
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WLAN
|
Wireless Local Area Network.
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WMF
|
Windows Meta File.
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WSI
|
Wafer Scale Integration.
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WYSIWY
|
G What You See Is What You Get. (graphical interface)
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WWAN
|
Wireless Wide Area Networks.
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WWW
|
World Wide Web.
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XHTML
|
Extended HyperText Markup Language.
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XLS
|
Excimer Laser System.
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XML
|
Extensible Markup Language.
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XMP
|
Xray MicroProbe.
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XPS
|
Xray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.
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XOR
|
ExclusiveOR Gate.
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XRF
|
XRay Fluorescence Spectrometry.
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XSEM
|
Crosssectional Scanning Electron Microscopy.
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XTP
|
Express Transfer Protocol.
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Y
|
Yttrium.
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YAG
|
YttriumAluminumGarnet.
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YIG
|
YttriumIronGarnet.
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YIQ
|
Y(luminance) Intensity Q(crominance).
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YMT
|
Yield Management Tools.
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ZCC
|
Zone Control Conveyor.
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ZIF
|
Zero Insertion Force.
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ZIP
|
Zigzag Inline Package: archived file format.
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