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Alternating current ac an electric current that reverses direction on a periodic basis. Appendix a glossary of terms and definitions guidebook. Ampere the ampere is the standard unit of measure of electric current. A method of compressing audio data by recording the differences between successive digital samples rather than full value of the samples. Alternating current ac the type of mains electricity used in the uk having a cyclical current waveform. Glossary of electrical engineering terms and definitions listed alphabetically. Howe ver, if readers discover any errors or think that any important terms have been omitted, please. A fourier transform ft converts a signal from the time domain signal strength as a function of time to the frequency domain signal strength as a function of frequency. The mapping of the dictionarys areas to the ieee interest. Engineers use engineering notation a subset of scientific notation to avoid using fractions. In referring to the osi model, this is the top or seventh layer containing all user or application programs. A few terms that were included in the initial glossary have. Relief typically added to a sheet metal part to relieve stress, or the tear, that.
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