A
- Absolute Maximum Ratings – AMR
- Absorption Loss
- Accelerated Life Test – ALT
- Accurate
- Acronym
- Active Component
- Admittance
- Aftermarket Manufacturer
- Aftermarket Solution Provider
- AI – (Artificial Intelligence)
- Alternating Current – AC
- Alternative Item
- Amorphous
- Ampere
- Amplifier
- Analogue – (Analog)
- Anodic Filaments
- Antenna
- Antenna Radiation Pattern
- Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force – ACTF
- Antonym
- Apparent Power
- Applegate Diagram
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Arduino (Platform)
- Audion – Triode
- Autotransformer
- Avalanche Breakdown
- Avalanche Diode
- Avalanche Photodiode – APD
- Ayrton Shunt
B
C
- C-Mode Scanning Acoustic Microscopy – CSAM
- C.A.R. Concise, Accurate, Relevant
- C++ Programming Language
- CA – Cost Avoidance
- Calibration
- California Prop 65
- Capacitor
- Carbon Footprint
- Carcinogenic
- Carcinotron (Backward Wave Oscillator – BWO)
- Cathode Ray Tube
- Ceramic Capacitor Dielectrics
- Certificate of Conformity (CoC)
- China RoHS
- Circuit Simulation
- CMCAuk
- COG Component Obsolescence Group
- Colpitts Oscillator
- Communication Protocol
- Complex Number
- Concise
- Conflict Minerals
- Contract Electronics Manufacturer (CEM)
- Controller Area Network – CAN
- Copyright
- Copyright Piracy
- COTS
- Counterfeit Components
- CPLD – (Complex Programmable Logic Device)
- Creepage
- Crystal Oscillator
D
- Darlington Pair
- Darlington Transistor
- Datasheet
- decibel – dB
- Defense Logistics Agency – DLA
- Dendrites – PCB
- Derived S.I. Units
- Design Authority
- Design Authority
- Destructive Physical Analysis- DPA
- Dielectric
- Differential Amplifier
- Digital Potentiometer
- Dipole Antenna
- DMSMS – Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages
- DPA – Destructive Physical Analysis
- DRAM – (Dynamic Random-Access Memory)
- DSP – (Digital Signal Processing)
E
- Eddy Current
- Edison Effect
- EEPROM – (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory)
- Electrolytic Capacitor
- Electronic Components Management Plan – ECMP
- Electronic Resellers Association International – (ERAI)
- Electronics Manufacturing Services – EMS
- Electrostatic Discharge – ESD
- Electrotechnical Vocabulary – IEV
- Embedded Systems
- Emulation
- End Of Production – EOP
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- EOPF – End Of Production Forecast
- Epoxy
- EPROM – (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory)
- Equivalent item
- Ethernet – TCP/IP
- Etymology
- EU Battery Directive
- EU RoHS
- European Chemicals Agency – ECHA
- eV – electronVolt
- Existing Stock
F
G
H
I
- I2C
- IEC 62402
- IEEE 1394 – Firewire
- IGBT – (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor)
- IIOM – International Institute of Obsolescence Management
- Indenture Level
- Inductance
- Inductor
- Infrared
- Insulation Resistance
- Integrated Circuit
- Integrated Device Manufacturer – IDM
- Intellectual Property – IP
- Interbus
- International Electrotechnical Commission
- International Electrotechnical Commission – IEC
- Internet of Things – IoT
- Inverting Amplifier
- IP – Ingress Protection
- Isotope
J
L
M
N
O
- Obsolescence
- Obsolescence Management Plan – OMP
- Obsolescence Risk
- Obsolete
- Occam’s razor
- Octal
- Ohms Law
- On-Off Keying
- Open Loop Gain
- Operational Amplifier
- Original Component Manufacturer – OCM
- Original Design Manufacturer -ODM
- Original Equipment Manufacturer – OEM
- Orthogonal Phase Shift Keying – OPSK
- Oscillator
- Outsourced Assembly and Test – OSAT
- Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator – OCXO
P
- Parabolic Dish Antenna
- Passive Component
- Patch Antenna
- Patent
- PCB Substrates
- PCB Substrates
- Pentode
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances – PFAS
- Phase Locked Loop – PLL
- Phase Shift Keying – PSK
- Photoconduction
- Photodiode
- Photoelectric Multiplier
- Photoresist
- Photoresistor
- Phototransistor
- PHS Particularly Hazardous Substance
- Pierce Oscillator
- PIN Diode
- Planck’s constant
- PLCC – (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier)
- PLD – (Programmable Logic Device)
- PLM – Product Life Management
- Policy/Strategy/Plan – Explained
- Post Design Support
- Power Factor
- Power Transistor
- Power Triangle
- Proactive Obsolescence Management
- Product Change Notice – PCN
- Product Discontinuance Notice – PDN
- Profibus
- ProfiNet
- PROM – (Programmable Read-Only Memory)
- Provenenance
- Purple Plague
Q
R
- Radar
- RAM – (Random Access Memory)
- Raspberry Pi (Platform)
- Razor – Philosophical
- Reactive Obsolescence Management
- Recommended Operating Conditions -ROC
- Recycled Component
- Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and restriction of CHemicals – REACH
- Reluctance
- Rheostat
- Rhumbatron Cavity
- Risk Mitigation Buy – RMB
- Risk Register
- rms
- Robert Watson-Watt
- ROM – (Read only Memory)
- Rosin Flux
- RS-232
- RS-422
- RS-485
S
- Schmitt Trigger
- Schottky Diode
- SDI-12
- Semiconductor
- Signal Diode
- Silicon
- Silicon Carbide – SiC
- Silicon Controlled Rectifier – (SCR)
- Six Sigma
- Smith Chart
- SOC – (System on Chip)
- SOD – Small Outline Diode
- SOIC – (Small Outline Integrated Circuit)
- Solar Cell
- Solder
- SOT – (Small Outline Transistor)
- Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic, Time-Bound (SMART)
- SPI
- SPLD – (Simple Programmable Logic Device)
- Square Wave
- SRAM – (Static Random-Access Memory)
- Steinhart-Hart Equation
- STM32 Microcontrollers
- Subcontractor
- Substances of Concern In Products (SCIP)
- Substances of Very High Concern – SVHC
- Superhet
- Supply Chain
- Surface Mount Technology
- Suspect Component
- Switch Mode Power Supply – SMPS
- Sziklai Pair
T
- Tangible
- TCE (Thermal Coefficient of Expansion)
- Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator – TCXO
- Tetrode
- Thermal Conductivity
- Thermal Epoxy
- Thermionic Emission
- Thermistor
- Thermocouple
- Thermoset
- Through Hole Technology
- Thyratron
- Thyristor
- Thyristor
- Tin Whiskers
- Tolerance
- Traceability
- Traceability
- Trademark
- Transient Voltage Suppressor – (TVS)
- Transition
- TrenchFET
- Triac
- Triangular wave
- Triboelectric Charge
- Triboelectric Series
- Trichloroethylene
- TSCA – Toxic Substances Control Act
- Tunnel Diode
- TWT – Travelling Wave Tube