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Title A dictionary of electronics and electrical engineering
Edition 5th edition / editors Andrew J. Butterfield, John Szymanski
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (712 pages ): illustrations
Series Oxford quick reference
Oxford quick reference.
Summary This popular dictionary has been extensively revised and updated, providing more than 5200 clear, concise, and jargon-free A-Z entries on key terms, theories, and practices in the areas of electronics and electrical science. Topics covered include circuits, power, systems, magnetic devices, control theory, communications, signal processing, and telecommunications, together with coverage of applications areas such as image processing, storage, and electronic materials
Notes "This dictionary was first published in 1979 as the Penguin dictionary of electronics and ran to four editions under that title. This new edition for Oxford University Press has been thoroughly updated throughout and . . . substantially expanded to cover a number of rapidly developing fields that have become central to electronics in the twenty-first century . . . . digital systems, modern communications engineering, audio technology, and optoelectronics. . . we have added more than 700 new entries on subjects ranging from robotics and nanotechnology to microwave systems and image processing" -- Second preliminary page
Online edition available, updated three times yearly
Description based on print version record
Subject Electrical engineering -- Dictionaries.
Electronics -- Dictionaries
Electrical engineering.
Electronics.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Form Electronic book
Author Butterfield, A. (Andrew), editor.
Szymanski, J. E. (John E.), 1958- editor.
ISBN 0191038660
0191792713
9780191038662
9780191792717
Other Titles Electronics and electrical engineering
Oxford dictionary of electronics and electrical engineerig