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Digital Fundamentals

Subject : engineering
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1. The smallest particle of an element possessing the unique characteristics of that element.






2. In relation to VHDL feature that permits operations to be processed in a parallel;that is operations that occur simultaneously






3. A one- way group of conductors from the to a memory - or other external device - on which the address code is sent






4. A digital code in which each of the decimal digits - 0 through 9 - is represented by a group of four bits






5. The graph of a filter's frequency response showing the change in the output voltage to input voltage ratio expressed in dB as a function of frequency for a constant input voltage






6. The total number of data units(bits - nibbles - bytes - words) that a memory can store.






7. The opposition of a capacitor to permit current; the reciprocal of capacitive reactance. The unit is the siemens.






8. A relatively small - high- speed memory that stores the most recently used instructions or data from the larger but slower main memory






9. The effect created when a signal is sampled at less than twice the signal frequency. Aliasing creates unwanted frequencies that interfere with the signal frequency.






10. Stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor and is implemented with a type of field transistor






11. A program that converts English- like mnemonics into machine code






12. In addition - the number to which the addend is added






13. A digital circuit capable of counting electronic events - such as pulses - by progressing through a sequence of binary states.






14. A circuit that prevents loading of an input or output






15. A digital counter having ten states






16. A electrical property of matter that exist because of an excess or a deficiency of electrons. Can be either positive or negative






17. The phasor combination of resistive power (true power) and reactive power. The unit is the volt- amperes (VA).






18. A device used to convert an analog signal to a sequence of digital codes






19. An arrangement of electrical and/or electronic components interconnected in such a way as to perform a specified function






20. A type of semiconductor memory that stores data in the form of charge packets and is serially accessed






21. A VHDL feature that can be used to predefine the logic function for multiple use throughout a program or programs






22. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; the most widely used alphanumeric code.






23. The beginning address of a segment of memory






24. In addition - the number that is added to another number called the augend






25. The mathematics of logic circuits






26. A measure of the ability of a reactive circuit to permit current; the reciprocal of impedance. the unit is the siemens






27. Altera HDL; a nonstandard HDL






28. A type of semiconductor memory having capacitive storage cells that lose stored data over a period of time and therefore must be refreshed.






29. In a pulse waveform - the height or maximum value of the pulse as measured from its low level.






30. A basic logic operation in which a true(high) output occurs only when all the input conditions are true (high)






31. A notational system for logic symbols that specifies input and output relationships thus fully defining a given function






32. The rotational rate of a phasor which is related to the frequency of the sine wave that the phasor represents






33. The portion of the CPU that interfaces with the system buses and fetches instructions - reads operands - and writes results.






34. The actual current in a branch






35. The inverse of opposite of a number - in Boolean algebra - the inverse function - expressed with a bar over the variable. The complement of a 1 is a 0 - and vice versa






36. A type of inductor used to block or choke off high frequencies






37. A series of bits describing a final design that is sent to the target device during programming






38. A class of integrated logic circuits that is implemented with a type of field effect transistor






39. A type of PLD nonvolatile programmable link that can be left open or can be shorted once as directed by the program






40. A unit of logic in an FPGA that is made up of multiple smaller logic modules and a local programmable interconnect that is used to connect logic modules within the CLB






41. The time from the application of a valid memory address to the appearance of valid output data






42. The normal level of a pulse waveform; the voltage level in the absence of a pulse.






43. Characteristic of cells in a Karnaugh map in which there is a single- variable change from one cell to another cell next to it on any of its four sides






44. The maximum value of a voltage or current






45. Having two opposites charge carriers within the transistor structure






46. A method for internally testing a PLD based on the JTAG standard (IEEE std.)






47. A unit of the cross - sectional area of a wire.






48. An electrical instrument used to measure current






49. A circuit that selects data from several inputs one at a time in a sequence and places them on the output; also called a multiplexer.






50. Having two directions. the stored data can be shifted right or left