6/26/2006 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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Engineering & science crossword puzzle

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1 Method of mathematically evaluating circuits

12 Form of matter where electrons wander freely under intense heat

14 Microsoft's word processor

15 1E6 ns

16 Local Oscillator

18 Min ____ and Max ____ in logic, pl.

19 Data storage

20 Type of distribution, squared

22 Band between RF and BB, pl.

23 Frequency Division Duplex

24 Small representative graphic

26 Early spreadsheet software

28 Used in software & hardware to control spacing of events

30 End of soldering iron

33 300 MHz to 3 GHz

34 Start frequency, abbr.

36 Summed

38 Used to restrain an object on an axle

40 Section of a circle

41 Positive electrode

42 Logic family

44 Below ELF

45 Voltage regulator diode type

47 Frequency Division Duplex

48 Rechargeable battery type, pl.

50 Basic PN junction

51 Chemical symbol for arsenic

52 Motorola's Digital ___

54 Personal Digital Assistant

55 Change connector type

58 Small representative graphics

60 Airfoil shapers in wings

61 Colorado Springs military school, abbr.

63 One trip around a circuit

65 Charged particle

66 Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model

68 Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation

70 Electromagnetic, abbr.

71 You and me, for example

72 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

73 Angle described by hypotenuse/opposite sides

75 Field type studied by James Clerk Maxwell

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1 Plug-in for computer bus

2 FCC Part 15 rules apply here

3 Common average used for sinewaves

4 Super glue, abbr.

5 World's only remaining superpower

6 One of two participants in relativistic travel

7 Online service

8 Component of product cost, abbr.

9 Analog-to-Digital

10 Type of chart for plotting impedances

11 Network department, abbr.

12 Teflon, abbr.

13 Semiconductor lamp

16 30 kHz to 300 kHz

17 Unix, Linux or Windows, abbr.

19 BASIC looping keyword

20 Mechanical drawing reference plane, abbr.

21 Unit of time

22 Network department, abbr.

24 Intermodulation Distortion, abbr.

25 European equivalent to the U.L.

27 Microfarad, abbr.

28 Time Division Duplex

29 Institute of Electrical Engineers (U.K)

30 Part of a FOR loop

31 Precision landing system, abbr., pl.

32 Phase-Locked Loop

34 Describes electrons free to move in an electric field

35 Special diode that can be switched, abbr.

36 Boolean expression, pl.

37 Department of Defense

38 Encased in a protective covering

39 Audio Frequency

40 Logic gate

41 Colorado Springs military school, abbr.

42 Semiconductor and calculator company

43 Transmission Control Protocol

45 Compressed file extension

46 End of Transmission

48 10^-9 numerical prefix

49 10^1 numerical prefix

50 10^1 numerical prefix, pl.

52 Type of current

53 Undesirable background information

55 Powers pneumatic devices

56 Logarithmic ratio, abbr.

57 Join a male and a female connector

58 Internet Protocol

59 Symbol for tin

60 Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672

61 Application Specific Integrated Circuit, abbr.

62 Cooling device

63 Front edge of a wing, abbr.

64 Modulation type

66 Beryllium oxide chemical symbol

67 Original Equipment Manufacturer

68 Logic family, abbr.

69 Degree of IC sophistication, abbr.

71 Electrical safety organization, abbr.

72 Infrared, abbr.

73 Army-Navy spec

74 Component of product cost, abbr.


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