9/8/2006 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1. Man after whom the unit of frequency is named 10. Type of current 12. Satellite TV system, abbr. 13. Morse Code for "from" 14. Unit of admittance 15. Using the moon as a passive reflector to establish a signal path; moonbounce, abbr. 16. Analog-to-Digital, abbr. 18. Million Multiply Accumlate operation, abbr. 20. Exponent that returns the original number 22. PC follower 23. Add solder to tip of iron 24. Raised the temperature of 26. Special diode that can be switched 27. Symbol for tin 28. ___ Alamos Laboratory 29. Home state of Area 51 30. Akin to AE, EE, ME, etc. 31. Online service 32. Super glue, abbr. 34. Automatic Frequency Control, abbr. 35. 1e-6 mA 37. Time Delay, abbr. 38. Electrical safety organization, abbr. 39. Type of current flow 41. nH * 1000 42. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 43. nF / 1000 44. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor 45. Network department, abbr. 47. XV - IIII 48. High Data Rate, abbr. 49. Local Oscillator 50. High-speed logic family 52. ______ Basic, by Microsoft 56. Digital Subscriber Line 57. TCP/__ 59. Electrical overstress, abbr. 61. Junk e-mail 63. Galilean moon 64. Virtual Private Network 65. Oscillator manufacturer in Whippany, NJ (abbr.) 67. Infrared, abbr. 68. Document for verifying proper function, abbr. 70. Electromagnetic, abbr. 71. Like a step function	DOWN 1. Thremally reactive 2. Opposite of O.D. 3. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor 4. Type of flip-flop 5. Code Division Multiple Access 6. Energy type that arises from the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules 7. Electromagnetic, abbr. 8. Greek letter 9. Unit of weight, pl. 10. Direct Memory Access 11. Magnetics supplier in Windham, NH 17. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss 18. Akin to EE, AE, CE, etc., pl. 19. European equivalent to the U.L. 21. Electronic warfare defense, abbr. 24. Maintians a voltage for sampling 25. "Digital ___" per TI's trademark 28. Sample group 30. Cubic Feet per Minute, abbr. 32. Mechanical drawing reference plane, abbr. 33. Filter vendor in Salisbury, MD 36. Agilent's EE design software, abbr. 38. Microfarad, abbr. 40. Bluetooth modules & ICs vendor in Richardson, TX, abbr. 43. Peak Inverse Voltage 46. Current-voltage phase mnemonic 48. Amateur radio enthusiast 49. Family of TTL logic 51. Plural of locus 53. Akin to IT 54. Quantum electron property 55. Universal asynchronous transmit/receive, abbr. 58. Parts per million, abbr. 60. Official Space Shuttle designation 62. International Telecommunications Union 66. Integrated Circuit 68. Army-Navy spec., abbr. 69. Ratio of circumference to diameter
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