This glossary main purpose is to inform and clarify the electrical engineering technology to people who might want to learn about it. This technology is all about learning the electronic stuff that compose every robotic/ electronic device, ranging from computer to an electronic clock.
algorithm
noun
An ordered set of instructions recursively applied to transform data input into processed data output, as a mathematical solution, descriptive statistics, internet search engine result, or predictive text suggestions.
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Example: Example: This algorithm is pretty useful to sort out the data.
en: algorithme
ASCII
noun
A standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
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Example: Example: He used the ASCII code to create his characters.
en: ASCII
breadbord
noun
A circuit assembled on an insulating surface, often with solderless contacts, in which components can easily be replaced for circuit alteration and experimentation.
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Example: Example:The octal tube socket is surface mounted to the breadboard.
en: planche de montage
calculator
noun
A small electronic or mechanical device that performs calculations, requiring manual action for each individual operation.
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Example: Example:calculations are way easier with a calculator.
capacitor
noun
A device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric.
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Example: Example:The capacitor must be purchased with the proper voltage in order to be effective in repairing the microwave.
en: condensateur
computer
noun
A programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers.
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Example: Example: This work has been done on a computer.
en: ordinateur
cosine
adjective
The ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc.
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Example: Example: The wave on the oscilloscope is a cosine..
en: cosinus
farad
noun
The standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb.
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Example: Example: I need to use a capacitor at 10 nanofarads.
en: farad
LED
noun
A semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
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Example: Example: The LED did not want to light up, so I changed it.
en: DEL
ohm
noun
The standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference.
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Example: Example:I need to use a resistor at 25 ohms.
en: ohm
oscilloscope
A device that gives a visual graph of amplitude versus time of a measured signal, as voltage or current.
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Example: Example:The concept has been further developed to create variable voltage levels that can be measured using an oscilloscope.
en: oscilloscope
pocket drive
noun
Computing a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer.
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Example: Example:I stored all my work on my pocket drive.
en: clé USB
power supply
noun
A device that provides power to electric machines, generators, etc.
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Example: Example:An external power supply is provided for signal amplification, ideal for low signal installations.
en: alimentation
resistor
noun
A device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
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Example: Example: With the jump wire, clip one end to each side of the resistor then clip one wire to the shaft of the screwdriver.
en: résistance
sinus
adjective
A curve described by the equation y = a sin x, the ordinate being proportional to the sine of the abscissa.
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Example: Example: The wave on the oscilloscope is a sinus.
en: sinus
software
noun
The programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them.
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Example: Example: This software is pretty good for research.
en: logiciel
transistor
noun
A semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in size than a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions without requiring current to heat a cathode.
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Example: Example: The devices are made up using transistor amplifiers.
en: transistor
weld
verb
To unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
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Example: Example: He welds the two pieces together.
en: souder
wire
noun
A slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
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Example: Example:Those wires transfer the electricity to the city.
en: fil
wire stripper
noun
A thing that strips, as an appliance or machine for stripping.
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Example: Example:I striped those wires with a wire stripper.
