Welcome to the electronics glossary in our library!

The following glossary entries were abstracted from the book, Bebop to the Boolean Boogie (An Unconventional Guide to Electronics), with the kind permission of LLH Technology Publishing, Eagle Rock, VA, USA                          ( to return to the main glossary.)

A device in which components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors are formed on the surface of a single piece of semiconductor.

An SRAM-based, or similar component which can be dynamically reprogrammed on-the-fly while remaining resident in the system.

Rules derived from the combination of a single Boolean variable with itself.

The resistance to the flow of current caused by resistive, capacitive, or inductive devices (or undesired elements) in a circuit.

An SRAM-based, or similar component which can be dynamically reprogrammed on-the-fly while remaining resident in the system.

A defect in a crystalline structure.

A property of a conductor that allows is to store energy in a magnetic field which is induced by a current flowing through it. Inductance is measured in units of Henries (the base unit is a Henry).

An E²-based, FLASH-based, or similar component which can be reprogrammed while remaining resident on the circuit board.

A device in which components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors are formed on the surface of a single piece of semiconductor.

An alloy similar to bronze.

A rule that states that an even number of Boolean inversions cancel each other out.

A particle formed when an electron is added to, or subtracted from, a neutral atom or group of atoms.

A process in which beams of ions are directed at a semiconductor to alter its type and conductivity in certain regions.

An E²-based, FLASH-based, or similar component which can be reprogrammed while remaining resident on the circuit board.

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