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Digital Fundamentals

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1. A connection at the midpoint of a winding in a transformer






2. A filter that passes a range of frequencies lying between two critical freqencies and rejects frequencies above and below that range.






3. An electrical device consisting of two conductive plates separated by an insulating material and possessing the property of capacitance.






4. In addition (Oring) and multiplication (ANDing) of three or more variables - the order in which the variables are grouped makes no difference






5. The main part of a computer responsible for control and processing of data; the core of a DSP that processes the program instructions






6. In Boolean algebra - the OR operation






7. The action of a circuit in which it accepts current into its output from a load






8. Sum of all the voltage drops in series equals to the source voltage

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






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






11. A digital circuit that compares the magnitudes of two quantiities and produces an output indicating the relationship of the quantities






12. A condition where all the load currents are equal and the neutral current is zero






13. The unit of electrical current






14. An adverse condition that could occur if two or more devices try to communicate at the same time on a bus






15. The portion within the microprocessor that provides the timing and control signals for getting data into and out of the microprocessor and for synchronizing the execution of instructions.






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






17. A method of analog- to- digital conversion using a 1- bit quantization process






18. A number given in ampere- hours determined by multiplying the current times the length of the time (h) a battery can deliver that current to a load






19. An instrument that can specify each of the other instruments on the bus as either a talker or a listener for the purpose of data transfer.






20. The process of converting an analog signal to digital form






21. In addition (ORing) and multiplication (ANDing) of two variables the order in which the variables are ORed or ANDed makes no difference






22. A transformer in which the primary and secondary are in a single winding






23. Data Communications equipment






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






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






26. A code within DOS that allows various operations on files and includes a primitive assembler; to eliminate a problem in hardware or software.






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






28. A set of interconnections that interface one or more devices based on a standardized specification






29. The ratio of pulse width to period expressed as a percentage






30. Arithmetic Logic Unit; the key processing element of a microprocessor that perfoms arithmetic and logic operations.






31. A document that specifies parameter values and operating conditions for an integrated circuits or other device






32. The digit generated when the sum of two binary digits exceeds 1






33. A set of conductive paths hat connects the CPU to other parts of the computer to coordinate its operations and to communicate with external devices






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






35. The number of protons in a nucleus






36. The interval of time occupied by a single bit in a sequence of bits; the period of the clock






37. A combination of logic gates interconnected to produce a specified Boolean function with no storage or memory capability; sometimes called combinatorial logic






38. The location of a given storage cell or group of cells in a memory; a unique memory location containing on byte






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






40. The range of frequencies for which the current (or output voltage) is equal to or greater than 70.7% of its value at the resonant frequency that is considered to be passed by a filter.






41. To connect 'end- to- end' as when several counters are connected from the terminal count output of one counter to the enable input of the next counter






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






43. In a division operation the quantity that is being divided






44. Basic input/output system; a set of programs in ROM that interfaces the I/) devices in a computer system






45. A bidirectional set of conductive paths on which data or instruction codes are transferred into a microprocessor or on which the result of an operation is sent out from the microprocessor






46. The process of rippling an input carry to become the output carry in a full- adder when either or both of the input bits are 1's and the input carry is a 1






47. A stage of the DSP pipeline operation in which instructions are assigned to functional units and are decoded.






48. Having two opposites charge carriers within the transistor structure






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






50. One of the three regions in a bipolar Junction transistor(North junction of NpN)







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