#electronic_device a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically
supertype: #device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
subtype: #answering_machine__answeringmachine an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages
subtype: #beeper__pager an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
subtype: #defibrillator an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation
subtype: #display.electronic_device an electronic device that represents information in visual form
subtype: #caller_ID a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you
subtype: #digital_display__digitaldisplay__alphanumeric_display a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters)
subtype: #liquid_crystal_display__LCD a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.
subtype: #active_matrix_screen a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers; there is a separate circuit for each pixel
subtype: #passive_matrix_display a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers; parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized; "passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays"
subtype: #dual_scan_display a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously
subtype: #display_panel__displaypanel__display_board__displayboard__board a board on which information can be displayed to public view
subtype: #big_board__bigboard the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange
subtype: #monitoring_device__monitor display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen
subtype: #CRT_screen__screen display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created
subtype: #screen_background__background__desktop (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
subtype: #computer_screen__computer_display a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user
subtype: #window.display (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
subtype: #dialog_box__panel (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'
subtype: #foreground.window (computer science) a window for an active application
subtype: #display_adapter__displayadapter__display_adaptor__displayadaptor (computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display
subtype: #dongle (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software
subtype: #generator.electronic_device an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
subtype: #oscillator generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current
subtype: #crystal_oscillator__crystaloscillator__quartz_oscillator an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal
subtype: #local_oscillator__localoscillator__heterodyne_oscillator an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones
subtype: #pulse_generator__pulsegenerator a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses; usually adjustable for pulse rate
subtype: #pinger a pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar
subtype: #hearing_aid__hearingaid__deaf-aid an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing
subtype: #logic_element__logicelement an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation
subtype: #threshold_element__thresholdelement__threshold_gate__thresholdgate a logic element that performs a threshold operation
subtype: #mouse.electronic_device a hand-operated electronic device that moves the cursor on a computer screen
subtype: #multiplexer a device that can interleave two or more activities
subtype: #data_multiplexer a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium
subtype: comms#WDM wave length division multiplexer
subtype: #artificial_pacemaker__pacemaker an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
subtype: #repeater (electrical engineering) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"
subtype: #digital_scanner__scanner__imagescanner an electronic device that generates a digital representation of a document for data input to a computer
subtype: #system_clock an electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components
subtype: #thermionic_vacuum_tube__tube__vacuum_tube__thermionic_tube__electron_tube__thermionic_valve electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
subtype: #acorn_tube__acorntube a small vacuum tube; used at high frequencies
subtype: #diode__rectifying_tube__rectifying_valve a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
subtype: #electron_multiplier a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons
subtype: #gas-discharge_tube__gasdischargetube a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
subtype: #cathode-ray_tube__cathoderaytube__CRT a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
subtype: #Crookes_tube the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
subtype: #kinescope__picture_tube__picturetube__television_tube a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
subtype: #color_tube__colortube__colour_tube__color_television_tube__colour_television_tube__color_TV_tube__colour_TV_tube a television tube that displays images in full color
subtype: #tricolor_television_tube__tricolour_television_tube__tricolor_tube__tricolour_tube__tricolourtube a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
subtype: #glow_lamp__glow_tube a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas
subtype: #klystron an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation
subtype: #magnetron a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
subtype: #pentode a thermionic tube having five electrodes
subtype: #television-camera_tube__television_pickup_tube a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
subtype: #iconoscope the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
subtype: #image_orthicon__imageorthicon__orthicon a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
subtype: #tetrode a thermionic tube having four electrodes
subtype: #triode a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which making amplification possible
subtype: #X-ray_tube a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays
subtype: comms#subscriber_line
subtype: comms#ADSL asynchronous subscriber line, assymetric digital subscriber line
subtype: comms#DSL digital subscriber line, HDSL, VDSL
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