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111electron tube — an electronic device that consists, typically, of a sealed glass bulb containing two or more electrodes: used to generate, amplify, and rectify electric oscillations and alternating currents. Also called electronic tube. Cf. gas tube, vacuum tube …
112TXE — TXE, which stands for Telephone eXchange Electronic, was the designation given to a family of telephone exchanges developed by the British General Post Office (GPO), now BT, designed to replace the ageing Strowger systems. When World War II ended …
113Multivox — were an American based synthesizer company from the mid 1970 s. They specialized in delivering Japanese designed and built equipment to the American market. They were criticized as having design and circuitry extremely similar to but inferior to… …
114computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
115Dumble Amplifiers — Tom McGrath s Dumble ODS 50W Combo Converted to Head and Cabinet by Doug Stalters of Vintone Circuits Dumble musical instrument amplifiers are custom manufactured in very limited numbers by Alexander Howard Dumble of Los Angeles, California.… …
116DIRAVI — is the name given by Citroën to its proprietary power steering system, first seen in 1970. DIRAVI is an acronym for Direction à rappel asservi literally meaning steering with controlled return more accurately described in English as power… …
117Dial box — SGI model DLS80 1022 dial box made by Danaher controls A dial box is a computer peripheral for direct 3D manipulation e.g. to interactively input the rotation and torsion angles of a model displayed on a computer screen. Dial boxes were common… …
118Differential amplifier — symbol The inverting and non inverting inputs are distinguished by − and + symbols (respectively) placed in the amplifier triangle. Vs+ and Vs− are the power supply voltages; they are often omitted from the diagram for simplicity, but of course… …
119particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… …
120Welding — is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material (the weld puddle ) that cools to… …
