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1. Opposite of inputs 6.
Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.) 11. Cellphone
band above DCS 12. Chemical symbol for calcium 14. Workplace
safety group (abbr.) 16. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)
18. Range of frequencies 20. Type of component package (abbr.)
21. Chemical symbol for terbium 22. Chemical symbol for gallium
23. Programmable logic device (abbr.) 24. First name of a
British scientist of falling apple fame 25. Multivibrator
type 26. Chemical symbol for tantalum 28. Family of ICs
with a certain component density level (abbr.) 30. Output
value (pl.) 34. Wireless phone regions 38. Chemical symbol
for niobium 40. 1/6 inch printer's measure 41. RF integrated
circuit (abbr.) 42. A meteor which strikes the earth 45.
Geometric figure that has the same shape as a ring doughnut
46. Numbers raised to the 1/3 power (2 wds.) 48. Semiconductor
lamps 51. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.) 52. Chemical symbol
for nickel 53. A popular spreadsheet 54. Electricaly Alterable
Read Only Memory 57. Online service 60. Unit of time (abbr.)
62. Software for mathematical calculations 65. British scientist
... Newton 68. High-speed logic family 69. 1e-6 mA
70. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.) 71. Unit of
time (abbr.) 72. Send a wireless to an early hip-worn wireless
device 75. Boob tube (abbr.) 76. Positive emitter-coupled
logic (abbr.) 78. Chemical symbol for radium 79. Common
average used for sinewaves (abbr.) 81. A circuit that takes
two or more input signals, and produces an output that includes
the sum and difference of those signal frequencies (pl.)
82. Circuit breaker vendor
1. Greek letter used for resistance
2. Test point (abbr.) 3. Substrate for mounting components
(abbr.) 4. Unit of time (abbr.) 5. Graph axis numerical
marking (pl.) 7. Chemical symbol for polonium 8. Receiver
power level circuitry (abbr.) 9. Unit of resistance (pl.)
10. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.) 13. Army-Navy specification prefix
15. Relative power level unit (abbr.) 17. Circular mounting
hardware 18. The "B" in BGA 19. Device under test (abbr.)
21. Loose end of a cable 23. Chemical symbol for lead
27. Chemical symbol for aluminum 29. The property of matter
by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion
in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force
31. Name is given to each angular point of a polygon 32.
Electromagnetic interference (abbr.) 33. Term for asymmetry
of a statistical distribution 35. 30 kHz to 300 kHz 36.
Described by a 1st-order equation 37. Chemical symbol for
scandium 39. Units of heat 42. Earth's natural satellite
43. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 44. Society of Civil
and Structural Engineers (abbr.) 45. Part of a FOR loop
47. Graphics file extension 48. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
49. Type of current 50. A trigonometry function that is the
reciprocal of the cosine 55. Audio Frequency Shift Keying
(abbr.) 56. Chemical symbol for manganese 58. Greek letter
used for resistance (pl.) 59. Tie a bundle of wires together
61. Half of a DIP 63. Chemical symbol for thallium 64.
Mr. Packard's (HP) first name 65. Innovative Power Products,
Holbrook, NY (abbr.) 66. Highest point 67. Certificate
of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.) 73. Chemical
symbol for argon 74. Miniature threaded RF connector 76.
Ratio of circumference to diameter 77. Chemical symbol for
lawrencium 79. Chemical symbol for ruthenium 80. Chemical
symbol for strontium
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