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EST3 32. plumbicon – lead oxide camera tube

1. dichroic – reject a single color and allow other colors 33. transmission – acts as an antenna at high frequencies

2. Hertz antenna – used above 2MHz 34. -85 dbm – reference in dba

3. Gregorian fed – elliptical reflector 35. 290 K – reference temp in noise analysis

4. VHF – used in LOS transmission 36. 16 Hz – 16 kHz – audible frequency range

5. ELF – used in submarine applications 37. RG62 – to avoid reflection use 93 Ω

6. L-band frequencies – used in marine and aeronautical 38. RG11 – used in thick Ethernet
communications
39. RS232C - - has 25 pins / 20 kbps
7. 1333 µs – vertical blanking pulse
40. 75 groups – 1 supergroup
8. 10.2 µs – horizontal blanking pulse
41. 1897 – strowger switch
9. 1000 ft – lowest attenuation fiber optic length
42. 55 degrees – angle of inclination of GPS satellite with
10. orange – longest wavelength respect to the equator

11. gray – results from the combination of weak blue, red 43. 2.2 – gamma of picture tube
and green
44. 6.3 V – heating voltage of TV picture tube
12. green – electron gun goes straight to the picture tube
45. 3G – slow : 384 kbps
13. XMODEM – protocol which uses checksum as error
detection scheme 46. 3G – fast : 144 kbps

14. MPEG-7 – Multimedia Content Description Interface 47. 3G – stationary – 2 Mbps

15. MPEG -4 – video specification used for video 48. Wi-Fi – 11-54 Mbps
compression
49. 50 kms – WiMax theoretical range
16. GFSK – used in European Cordless Telephone
50. 3 to 5 miles – WiMax practical range
17. Arthur Clarke – microwave telephone via satellite
51. 3600 VC – 1 jumbogroup
18. W.C. Sabine – foundation of acoustic theory in
buildings 52. IEEE 802.15 – Bluetooth

19. Vinton Cerf – father of Internet 53. IEEE 802.16 – WiMax

20. type 2 – chrome type cassette tape 54. IEEE 802.15.4 – Zigbee

21. radome – protection from snow and wind 55. beamwidth – angular separation between half-power
points
22. ionosonde – measure height of layer in ionosphere
56. diplexer – prevent FM from entering
23. D – layer – daytime ; reflect low frequencies, absorb
medium frequencies 57. ILD – not temperature dependent

24. F2 layer – most dense 58. 3.58 MHz – color subcarrier

25. transequatorial propagation – best in afternoon and 59. Celotex – highest absorbent coefficient material
early evening
60. glass – highest optical characteristics ; lowest
26. 16:9 – aspect ratio of HDTV attenuation

27. HDTV – has 5 times more information than NTSC TV 61. PCS fiber optic – glass core

28. mesh – without bottle necks 62. glass – lower velocity than air

29. 480 pixel format – 640 x 480 pixel progressive 63. glass – has lower index of refraction than water

30. 200,000 hours – lifetime of LED 64. shape factor – skirt sweeper

31. 300,000 – number of holes in shadow mask 65. anechoic – sound is absorb on walls
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66. walls of waveguide – cause of attenuation 98. Screen width decrease –

99. Radome – protection against snow and wind loading
67. refraction – bending of light from high density to low
density 100. Fiber optic performance – bit rate
101. Attenuation – expressed in dB/um
68. scanning time – 1 pixel : 0.125 µs ; 2 pixels : 0.25 µs
102. PL 529 – UHF connector for
69. ambiphony – adjustment used by means of loudspeaker
103. F-? – CATV
feedback system
104. AWG 19 – most common telephone wire
70. 70 MHz – common IF carrier frequency
105. Matrix – TV
71. Trellis coding – uses convolutional coding 106. B8E – independent sideband
107. CDMA – no limitation in BW
72. singing – echo goes out of control
108. WCDMA –
73. inverter CMOS – as two transistors
109. Interface reduction – co-channel
74. SSB – AM 110. QUAM – 2 diff amplitudes, 2-phase
111. Acoustic resistance –
75. Flicker noise – pink noise
112. Acoustic intensity –
76. wander – jitter greater than 10 Hz
113. Sabines –
77. Ethernet – uses CSMA/CD ; 10 Mbps
114.
78. cable tray – structure which supports cables

79. 14 kbps – GPRS uplink rate

115.
80. local oscillator – tunes to a radio frequency

81. tie trunk – two PBX 116. flutter echo –

82. SNA – hierarchical topology 117. h-factor – figure of merit with FSK
118. singing – echo that goes out of control
83. three types of demodulator : PLL, Quadrature and
Foster – Selley 119. reverberation –
120. celotex – highest absorption coeff
84. violet ray – 4000 Angstrom = 0.4 micron
121. W.C. Sabine – buildings
85. burst noise – popcorn 122. PCS – glass
86. oscilloscope – used to view the envelop of a modulated 123. 0.9 – vel factor of open ended transmission lines
signal 124. Novell Network – OS layer – buildings
87. peak envelope power (PEP) – power output of sideband 125. Session – interhost
envelope 126. Knife-edge diffraction –
88. splicing – disadvantage in using FOC 127. Bipolar coding –
128. Local analyzer – line-line
89. slope overload – causes distortion on the demodulated
signal (delta modulation) 129. Character – synchronization
130. Fading – fluctuations
90. DSSS – spread spectrum
131. 800 THz –
91. TDMA – mostly used in satellite communications 132. ILD – most common light generator
92. Nickel iron – high internal resistance 133. 200,000 yrs – lifetime of LCD
93. Lead acid – dilute sulphuric acid, sponge lead, lead 134. 300,000 holes – aperture mask
peroxide 135. Ionosonde – measure height of ionosphere
94. Antimony lead – 136. Semiconductor laser –
95. Inc voltage – battery charges 137. Carrier oscillator – BFO of SSB
138. Hierarchical topology – SNA
96. – always
139. CDMA – freq hopping, assign diff carrier freq
140. DSSS – spread spectrum
97. Sulphation – incomplete charging 141. L band – satellite band for navigation
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186. XMODEM – checksum for error

142. 100-1000 THz – FOC
187. CRC – most reliable for error detection
143. 12 GHz – freq that cannot be used w/o 188. 7 ½ - telegram characters
144. 50 Lm – theoretical distance for Wi-Max
145. 3-5 mi – practical distance for Wi-Max 189.
146. Zipper noise –
147. Flicker – dec as freq increases 190. PEP = sideband power
148. Shot noise –
149. Wander – 10Hz above – type of jitter
191.
150. Jitter – high amplitude spike noise
151. Radiant flux – optical density
192. Bal mod – use 2 mixers, filter & phase-shift
152. Wi-Max – IEEE 802.16, 11-54 Mbps
193. Screen persistence – 1% left in the TV
153. Zigbee – 802.15.4
194. 16-16 kHz – audible range freq
154. Bluetooth – 802.15
195. 6-10 dB – unconscious level heard by human ear
155. Wireless LAN – 802.11b
156. 144 kbps – fast moving vehicle 196. Phon – loudness level =
157. 384 kbps – slow moving pedestrian
158. 2 Mbps – steady 197. Sone –

159. Arthur Clarke – use of microwave 198. Mel – unit of pitch

160. Vinton Cerf – father of internet 199. Pitch – color

161. Maxwell – electromagnetic radiation 200. Dichroic – one color reflected, all pass

162. 1897 – strowger switch 201. Diatonic –

163. 1978 – GPS 202. Window – microwave range of freq

164. Notch antenna – 203. 5-10 dB – marginal safety for microwave

165. Gimmick capacitance – 204. 2.5 MHz – luminance FM for VCR

166. Hertz – antenna complete in itself and self-oscillating 205. ELF – submarine

167. Chip code – unique binary code for CDMA satellite 206. VHF – LOS

168. Slope overload – common 207. VHF & UHF – non-directional horizontally polarized

169. Ribbon – pressure gradient 208. 70 MHz – most common IF

170. 1 mV – output of magnetic microphone 209. Stereo pilot carrier – 19 kHz

171. Nadir – dist measure from the 210. 10 Mbps – Ethernet

172. C layer – 211. RG-11 – use in thick Ethernet

173. D layer – 212. 73 Ω - dipole resistance

174. Splatter – colloquial term, modulation 213. RG-65 – 93 Ω

175. Gray – weak cored, green, blue 214. Metal - film

176. Q & I amplitude – brightness 215. Trellis code – convolutional code

216. RS232 – 25 pins, 20 kbps, NRZ-L

217.
177.

218.
178. 350-440 – call-waiting tone
179. Induction coil – connect tel 219. 7 bit – 127
180. Tie-trunk – 2 PBX 220. 8 bit – 255
181. Varistor – 221. 12 dB – threshold of pain
182. Bashing – conduit, reduce abreaction 222. 0 dB – hearing
183. T1 DS1 24 223. Acoustic impedance – complex pressure amplitude over
184. T2 DS2 96 complex amplitude volume
185. T3 DS3 672 224. Radiant flux – optical density
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225. HDTV – 16:9 270. F-7 type – cheapest coaxial

226. Erlang C – calls not satisfied 271. Foster cell, quadrature – most common type of
227. Star topology – PBX demodulators
228. 75% - blanking pulse of negative 272. LPF – PAM
229. Character synchronization – beginning & end of the 273. Shot noise – across resistor
char code 274. Information capacity – Shannon Hartley theorem
230. Counterpoise – improve AM broadcast timer 275. Converter – divide digital data
231. Oscilloscope – envelope of signal 276. Canonical – sum of minterm & product of maxterm
232. Infrared – visible signal 277. Induction coil – handset local loop
233. Tilting – 278. 80 THz – common fiber optics
234. Fading – variations in signal strength by atmospheric 279. 100-1000 THz – fiber optics range
conditions 280. Numerical aperture – figure of merit in light
235. Bashing – for abrasion 281. Solar flare – hydrogen
236. Class A – known for power amplification 282. Diatonic – all constant
237. Injection laser diode – 283. Q&I amplitude – purity of color
238. Fiber optics light detector – 284. Local analyzer –
239. Ribbon microphone – permanent magnet pressure 285. AM 2nd detector –
gradient 286. Radar 2nd detector –
240. Crystal radio receiver – 1 radio receiver
st
287. RG-11 – thick Ethernet
241. Back lobe radiation – 288. Gray – weak RGB
242. Marconi – communication for vehicle, ground 289. Orange – longest wave
243. Helical antenna – all direction
244. D layer – daytime
245. C layer – lowest
246. F2 layer -
247. 0.4 – 0.8 micron – visible wavelength
248. 2000 pF –
249. Anechoic room –
250. Endfire array – radiation direction
251. Channel 14 – UHF
252. VHF –
253. Vertical blanking pulse – 1333 us
254. Horizontal blanking pulse – 10.2 us
255. 30 GHz – IMPATT
256. h-factor – figure of merit, degree of modulation of FSK
257. SPL increased 4 = 12 dB
258. VHF = line of sight
259. Matrix – logic network in form of an array
260. PLL – locked = 0°
261. Huygen’s principle – spherical wavefront
262. 1 angstrom = 10 microns
263. GFSK – European telephone
264. 300-3400 – telephone freq range
265. CDPD – 19.2 Mbps
266. Wander – jitter above 10 Hz
267. Popcorn noise – burst noise
268. Flicker – pink noise
269. Gregorian fed – dish antenna w/c elliptical in form